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Ancestry/Genealogy

radical noodle

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1. Just be careful with that site

Reply to LeftInTX (Original post)

Mon Nov 27, 2017, 01:31 AM

Nov 2017

There is a lot of good info there, but also some incorrect info. I have documented proof of part of my family back to about 1600 and some at familysearch had it all wrong. Just don't take it at face value. Interesting discovery and I hope it proves true for France and false for slaves.

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Family Search.org [View all] LeftInTX Nov 2017 OP

Just be careful with that site radical noodle Nov 2017 #1

Unfortunately, the slave stuff is true LeftInTX Nov 2017 #4

I'm sure it's in the ancestry of many of us n/t radical noodle Nov 2017 #5

I agree...be careful with this site. The info is only as good as those providing it airmid Nov 2017 #8

I came across someone who had done a family tree on a branch of my family tree applegrove Nov 2017 #2

Another vote to be careful csziggy Nov 2017 #3

Too good to be true - LOL LeftInTX Nov 2017 #6

Yeah, it is so tempting to believe some of those trees csziggy Nov 2017 #9

Don't discount a connection based on the spelling of a name HeiressofBickworth May 2018 #12

Yeah, I would be very very careful of any information you get from unsourced family trees Spider Jerusalem Nov 2017 #7

In my ancestry research, I found slaveowners in NY,NJ,CT, RI, and Massachusetts wishstar Nov 2017 #10

I looked up John Winslow's family tree LeftInTX Nov 2017 #11

I'm so pleased to see the cautions about on-line trees HeiressofBickworth May 2018 #13

One more vote for caution about what you find on the web GeoWilliam750 May 2018 #14