Person talk:Jane Hoskins (1)

Source [23 August 2012]

Gunnj, whats your source for the alt birth date?--Daniel Maxwell 20:11, 22 August 2012 (EDT)

Daniel, the April 3 date for the birth of Jane Hoskins is from the Ancestry.com site -- using what they call the U.S. and International Marriage Records -- not a very reliable source for accurate dates, in my opinion. I have more confidence in the source cited on the WeRelate page of April 30. Do you think the alternate birth date should be removed?--Gunnj 06:10, 23 August 2012 (EDT)

Yes, in fact the 'U.S. and International Marriage Records' is not a source at all - its a mix of guesses (minus qualifiers like 'abt' or 'bef' and 'aft') and real sources, but mostly guesses. At some point I will see if WR could blacklist some of these 'sources' - Ancestry.com spread alot of bogus information through their peddling of that nonsense.

You've done no harm, I started out the same way several years ago. For New England lines, we are lucky to have town records that cover alot of people, which is why NE lines tend to be detailed. Those should always be your first place to look for real source info. Also, some of the books put out like Families of Old Fairfield, the Barbour Collection (one of the only solid sources that Ancestry.com users cite), the Ricker Collection, among others. Like I said, Find A Grave can be a great source if a grave or burial record exists (and I use them all the time on WR - but do check out the Source:Find A Grave page to see how to use it), but if it doesnt I would take the memorials as a grain of salt.

So long answer short, yes those dates if taken from the 'International Marriage Records (Guesses)' or Find A Grave I would remove. When I run into people on Find A Grave who have errors on their pages, they generally are good about removing erroneous or unproven information, but not always. Remember they 'own' memorials there, and can post whatever they like on them.

If you want help sourcing some NE persons/families in your tree, Im glad to do a look up in the Ricker Collection. Just ask.--Daniel Maxwell 06:48, 23 August 2012 (EDT)