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[Beryana]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

In your experience, how accurate is familysearch.com? I want to trust the LDS records because they've been doing it for so long but I have my doubts. My great great grandfather has unique first and last name. He first lived in MO then IL after he imigrated. But they also have same first/last name w/ a middle initial who moved to NY after IL. There's a 16 year age difference but the birth place listed for the middle initial guy is where I know my g-g-grandpa was born. Tiny town, impossible to spell or say, in Bavaria. I can't decide if it's a likely cousin or inputer error. It's annoying!

While the LDS church has been collecting genealogies for many years, they do not require any sources before data is published. Familysearch.org is a good starting place (it's where I found my great-grandmother's name and most names in my line). HOWEVER you will want to do further research (census records, vital records, etc) to verify the data listed on the site. Even ancestry.com has data that needs to be taken with a grain of salt as members can submit lineages without including any sources (and most sources listed usually refer back to the LDS collection).

I like using heritagequest.com (through my local library) to search books for ancestors as well as getting copies of Rev War pension applications.

[ForeverRoses]

For some reason, the Fort Wayne, Indiana library has a huge geneology section. My Dad takes groups of people from his geneology class from the senior center in Ohio to Fort Wayne a few times a year so they can do research. So if you are ever in Indiana, try and visit the Fort Wayne library!

Oh and my Dad has told me that the LDS records are a good start, but he has found lots of errors in the information that they have and it is very hard to get them to correct it (even with proof that it is wrong). Especially if they have already done a proxy baptism on the person (my grandfather was raised by his aunt & uncle after his mother died, but according to LDS records, there are two cousins with the same name- so they have made my grandfather into two people).