Difference between revisions of "Template:UNDOCUMENTED ANCESTRY"

Latest revision as of 05:53, 4 October 2009

We find numerous sources with tantalizing data, but hesitate to adopt their findings when:

the lines of descent conflict from one web source to another.
documentation & sources are absent or insufficient
the sources listed are unavailable to us, so that scope or ambiguity can't be assessed

We offer this page as an ancestral possibility, with the caveat that it is unconfirmed by us.

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 ==UNDOCUMENTED ANCESTRY==
-The data that appears on this page has been found on various websites as follows:
+We find numerous sources with tantalizing data, but hesitate to adopt their findings when:
-* without documentation
+* the lines of descent conflict from one web source to another.
-* with only tertiary sources, such as family tradition
+* documentation & sources are absent or insufficient
-* with  sources listed, but without our having viewed these sources, we cannot assess their scope.
+* the sources listed are unavailable to us, so that scope or ambiguity can't be assessed
-We offer this page as an ancestral possibility, but do not mean to suggest by this presentation that it has been confirmed by us.
+We offer this page as an ancestral possibility, with the caveat that it is unconfirmed by us.
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