Good, Bad and Ugly
I am still deep into reading the Probate file of Morris Durbin who died in 1880 in Fayette County, Illinois. The file is somewhat large and I am entering each document into my database, transcribing it, scanning it reviewing it for clues to the family. I sent away for the probate file of John Nicholas Poundstone from Cass County Indiana today. He died in 1900. I also managed to fill out five requests for death records on Poundstone's in Cass County Indiana and mailed them off. I had the opportunity to share information with another Poundstone researcher. I questioned her citations, or lack there of, and she said "I am more interested in the story aspect of genealogy than the documentation." ARGH!!! That statement frustrates me so much. I don't know how you can have a story without the facts. Does genealogy have a story aspect without a basis of facts or information obtained from research? It reminds me of a patron at t...