What do I do with a family 'find'?

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Yvonne Purdy

What do I do with a family 'find'?

Legg inn av Yvonne Purdy » 05 mar 2005 21:21:02

Dear all,

I enter with trepidation into the the list at the moment, but I am curious.

If I've discovered something about my family in the 1600's, who go back
earlier, but I think I can correct something the earlier historians have got
wrong in that time scale, what do you do about it? Who do you contact to
tell them? There are some internet biographies, some published items, which
I think are wrong. Where next to put them right?

Any advice welcome.

Regards,
Yvonne Purdy (nee Sherlock)

Tim Powys-Lybbe

Re: What do I do with a family 'find'?

Legg inn av Tim Powys-Lybbe » 05 mar 2005 21:41:17

In message of 5 Mar, von@yvonnepurdy.free-online.co.uk ("Yvonne Purdy") wrote:

Dear all,

I enter with trepidation into the the list at the moment, but I am
curious.

If I've discovered something about my family in the 1600's, who go
back earlier, but I think I can correct something the earlier
historians have got wrong in that time scale, what do you do about
it? Who do you contact to tell them? There are some internet
biographies, some published items, which I think are wrong. Where
next to put them right?

Publish here? It will then be on the archives for others to pick up for
ever more.

Or write it up for a magazine? The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,
http://fmg.ac/ might be interested for their journal.

Or put it on an internet site and tell us of the site address?

--
Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org
For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org

Leo van de Pas

Re: What do I do with a family 'find'?

Legg inn av Leo van de Pas » 05 mar 2005 21:50:03

That is a difficult question and a hard task.

It depends on what it is. If it is important, write a book, hope it gets
published but that is a difficult road and even if your book gets published
how much exposure would it get?
Many historical and genealogical mistakes have a long life and one book may
be overlooked.

If you are aware of these errors on the internet, approach the people
responsible for those sites and explain and hope they will change their
sites.

Also you can expose the errors and tell what it should be on gen-med, allow
people to see the material and some people may agree, some disagree but most
importantly some may add to your knowledge, while at the same time you are
exposing the information to a group that is all over the world.

On gen-med you may see swines but there are also pearls, it simply comes
with the territory :-)

Hope this helps?
Best wishes
Leo van de Pas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yvonne Purdy" <von@yvonnepurdy.free-online.co.uk>
To: <GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 7:17 AM
Subject: What do I do with a family 'find'?


Dear all,

I enter with trepidation into the the list at the moment, but I am
curious.

If I've discovered something about my family in the 1600's, who go back
earlier, but I think I can correct something the earlier historians have
got
wrong in that time scale, what do you do about it? Who do you contact to
tell them? There are some internet biographies, some published items,
which
I think are wrong. Where next to put them right?

Any advice welcome.

Regards,
Yvonne Purdy (nee Sherlock)




Renia

Re: What do I do with a family 'find'?

Legg inn av Renia » 05 mar 2005 23:14:30

Yvonne Purdy wrote:

Dear all,

I enter with trepidation into the the list at the moment, but I am curious.

If I've discovered something about my family in the 1600's, who go back
earlier, but I think I can correct something the earlier historians have got
wrong in that time scale, what do you do about it? Who do you contact to
tell them? There are some internet biographies, some published items, which
I think are wrong. Where next to put them right?

Any advice welcome.

Regards,
Yvonne Purdy (nee Sherlock)

Write an article for a genealogy magazine, such as the the
"Genealogists' Magazine" of the Society of Genealogists in London.
Burke's (etc) are full of eroneous pedigress. While the Genealogists'
Magazine isn't in the top ten best-selling journals, at least the item,
once published (with sources and cites), is in the public domain. Or
else you could write for "Family Tree Magazine", highlighting how the
error came about, and how it was solved. (Are you a member of SoG?)

http://www.sog.org.uk/

Renia

Chris Phillips

Re: What do I do with a family 'find'?

Legg inn av Chris Phillips » 05 mar 2005 23:41:57

Yvonne Purdy wrote:
If I've discovered something about my family in the 1600's, who go back
earlier, but I think I can correct something the earlier historians have
got
wrong in that time scale, what do you do about it? Who do you contact to
tell them? There are some internet biographies, some published items,
which
I think are wrong. Where next to put them right?


Unless you want to reserve it for first publication elsewhere, this forum
would be a good place to post your discovery.

You could copy the information to the authors of the online biographies
you've seen.

Authors of published genealogy, if they're reputable, will also welcome
corrections.

For example, Peter Hammond, the editor of the Complete Peerage, is always
appreciative of corrections and additions.

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography welcomes corrections by email to
oxforddnb@oup.com (Google will censor that, but more contact details are
available on this web page:
http://www.oxforddnb.com/oxforddnb/info/contact/).

Burke's Peerage, at http://www.burkes-peerage.net/, have said the same to
me.

Chris Phillips

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