Mike's Rule #18 - How healthy is your family tree?
Is
your family tree healthy? Too many people build their trees by copying from
someone else’s tree. Zero references. I see people making connections from a child
to parents based on the name only. “Oh
look, that name is close enough. Those must be my great grandparents.” Nope.
Just a little more research would have shown that the child in the birth record used died a few years later and couldn’t have been your ancestor.
Try, please try to get as many record references as possible. Otherwise, your tree looks like Frankenstein’s monster with parts that don’t fit. Double and triple check your connections before you move on. OK, and no more stumps, fill something in!
You’re making more work for me to fix it. I’m done, I’ll get off my soapbox.
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