Re: Ida de Tony, mother of William Longespée, Earl of Salisbury

On Jan 31, 12:56 pm, AdrianBnjmBurke <adrianbenjaminbu...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

MY NEXT QUESTION TO THIS GROUP WILL BE: ARE THERE ANY REAL
GENEALOGISTS OUT THERE??????!!!!!!!!!

AND IF SO IS HE OR SHE DOING ANY WORK ON THE QUESTION OF
IDA???????????????????????????????

Are you 'doing any work on the Ida question'?

Actually, with a question that has been discussed in such detail,
while occasionally one can study the question, identify specific
documents or archives that may contain critical information and
consult these sources to reveal a solution, or else reconstruct the
existing evidence in a novel an persuasive manner, 'working on' such
well-trod problems rarely results in definitive resolution. It is much
more likely that progress will come (if it comes at all) from a
prepared mind stumbling across a critical primary document and
recognizing its significance.

taf
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