[or-roots] Finding ancestors in Revolutionary and Civil War

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Harguess, Dale wrote:

> Believe me I know that there have been a lot of errors in the past 
> with documentation that wasn’t correct.
>

It does seem to me that folks of a more recent bent do not put the 
premium on accuracy of their lineage that many of our forebears, such as 
my great aunt, did.  And that does not include what has happened since 
the internet came along --  don't get me wrong, I love digital genealogy 
and the ability to search for records in an instant and find them, 
something that used to often take a lifetime of research to find.

One of the genealogical changes that has been good to come out of the 
internet is an emphasis on good documentation of one's lineage, vs the 
word of above mentioned great aunt -- those that choose to ignore it are 
just composing or passing on fairy tales, easily identified by the lack 
of said documentation.

Bill Strickland
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