> > My father-in-law had about 6 generations worth of data on his family
> > surname, Garrabrant. [...] Lots of local colonial and pre colonial
history books
> > with info on them as well as GEDCOMs. I stumbled across a GEDCOM
> > that matches 98 percent perfect with what I have and goes back to
> > medieval times. Seems to have good citations and references.
> > Should I trust something like this? >>[...]
> [...] I think the standard advice is to trust nothing until proven.
> [...]
> you should be able to track down much
> of the same information on your own and
> confirm it. [...]
>
> "Steve W. Jackson" wrote:
Checking the books given as sources is one thing, but you need to be
wary about the books' sources.
If you cannot check everything, but find no contradictory evidence,
there's still little harm in hanging on to it *with a caveat* - you
might suddenly come across an appropriate source.
As to cousins etc - they may indicate the milieu of a direct
ancestor, which can be interesting.
People vary as to what they keep, and how much confirmation they
require - and many people have both "seriously likely" (ie well
sourced) and "possible" branches in their trees.
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