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Readded Dow. Somebody apparently didn't realize it gives a different marriage date) [5 May 2013]
If the person making the comment had consulted the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, that individual would have realized that it gives the same marriage date as the other sources. The fault was in hitting the wrong key while copying the text.--jaques1724 20:17, 5 May 2013 (EDT)
- Unfortunately GDMNH is not public domain and hence requires a trip to the library to check this, which is not always convenient. So I trusted the information provided, given the contributor's usual high quality. Thus, appearances suggested the item was removed in haste. Maybe one of the reasons why removing items that aren't wrong may not be such a good idea? --Jrich 23:09, 9 May 2013 (EDT)
- On the other hand, if we added and quoted every source for a given event, however remote, the result would be unwieldy at best. By the way, anyone working in 17th and early 18th century Maine, NH and north of Boston who doesn't have a copy at hand is doing themselves a disservice. NEHGS currently has a paperback reprint for $27.95, $25.16 for members.--jaques1724 23:19, 9 May 2013 (EDT)
- GDMNH is a good source, Charles T. Libby is one of my favorite genealogists, but it suffers from many of the shortcomings of a dictionary. Many of the assertions have no supporting evidence (such as the information about Hannah on p. 286), many of the explanations/abstracts are short (i.e., that Henry's will mentions all his children without specifying how Hannah was named, etc.), and it is unclear how thorough was its study of auxiliary individuals (such as the children of the subject individual, Henry Green). Thus, GDMNH can hardly be the final word. Hence, some people can dream up better ways to spend their $25 (e.g., renting microfilms of primary records such as wills), knowing that GDMNH is available in many libraries.
- Personally, I tend to agree that pages should not list every source that mentions a person. But there is clearly no such consensus among WeRelate users about this. Nor does there appear to be a clear theoretical mandate, either, since exhaustive survey is one element of GPS. The only real consensus I see seems to be about the removal of unsourced web pages. --Jrich 21:31, 17 May 2013 (EDT)
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