Re: Questions regarding different genealogical societies

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On Oct 8, 11:12 am, Nathaniel Taylor <nltay...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 lostcoo...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Does anyone know about the following purported GARDs? Robert ANDERSON
(arr. in Virginia c. 1670);  Richard BURTON (b. in Newcastle, England;
d. c. 1660 in Virginia);  James CLARK (b. in London 1608, d. 1674 in
Connecticut);  John COLCLOUGH (b. 1641 in London; d. 1717 in
Virginia);  John COMPTON (b. c. 1672; d. 1718 in Maryland);  Thomas
DURHAM (b. 1604 in England; d. 1653 in Virginia (?));  Richard GISSAGE
(in Virginia by 1700);  John SHELTON (in Virginia by 1682);  William
HATCHER (b. in Lincs.; d. 1680 in Virginia);  James HOLLOWAY (in
Virginia before 1732);  John SPIERS (in Virginia by 1660);  John MILLS
(in Virginia by 1685);  Richard HUNT (b. 1608 in Kent; d. 1686 in
Virginia?);  Thomas GRIMSDITCH (in Bermuda before 1716);  George
POINDEXTER (b. on Jersey 1607; d. in Virginia 1690);  William SMOOT
(b. c. 1596 in London; d. c. 1670 in Maryland);  William SWANN (b. in
Kent; d. 1638 in Virginia) ? As long as someone is answering questions
on this....? Thanks, Bronwen

Whence cometh this list?  Are these people for whom you have seen claims
of medieval ancestry in print?  If so, where?  It would help to have a
modicum of data on each claimed immigrant gateway, even if nothing more
than a single citation to somewhere you've seen the claim.

Nat Taylor
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They all emerged from the quagmire of One World Tree at Ancestry.com.
Hence the term "purported". They are also purported to be some of my
ancestors; proof is lacking for most of them on that score as well.
Hoped they might ring a bell with someone who could point me in some
direction that I have not yet followed.

One world tree as you know represents the lowest common denominator of
amalgamated user guesswork. If you descent from someone you find in a
situation like this and are curious, try to get behind an internet tree
to some documentable source for the claim. What I'd ultimately like to
see is a substantive list of those gateways for whom ancestries have
been circulated in print, including some identifying information for
each person (dates, location of settlement, etc.), a citation for the
appearance of the ancestry in print, and a one-sentence statement of its
flaw (or even one phrase, e.g. 'unsubstantiated implausible guesswork'),
as well as a citation to something authoritative on the person, if
possible, noting real ancestry or at least stating that it is unknown.
Martin Hollick's example he noted a while back is great --

http://homepage.mac.com/mhollick/Genealogy/Bogus.htm

This is great with citations to authoritave work on these false
gateways; the only thing I'd like to see in addition to Martin's type of
entry is a citation to a source (ideally the first source) in which the
erroneous ancestry is claimed.

Nat Taylor
a genealogist's sketchbook:
http://www.nltaylor.net/sketchbook/
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