Actually, I recommend re-building all established genealogies with what I call biological verification. All paper-trail proven patrilines should be triangulated, if possible. All connections to other sides of the family can be verified through Family Finder.
There was a time when lineages mainly contained names; later people began adding birth, marriage, & death dates to lineages; then people began adding places & standards were developed for proper citation of a lineage.
I can easily envision in say 2050, a genealogist disregarding a book thats loaded with documentation, because it is only based on a paper trail. People will be asking "where is the biological verification?" The time to start building that library is now.
Timothy Peterman
There was a time when lineages mainly contained names; later people began adding birth, marriage, & death dates to lineages; then people began adding places & standards were developed for proper citation of a lineage.
I can easily envision in say 2050, a genealogist disregarding a book thats loaded with documentation, because it is only based on a paper trail. People will be asking "where is the biological verification?" The time to start building that library is now.
Timothy Peterman
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