2026-11-04    Why Some Genealogy Info May Be Wrong: Should you always trust what you find in a record? Here are three reasons why to double-check the info you have: 1) A person gave false or misleading info in a record, to avoid an embarrassing situation; 2) The index or transcription may have been copied incorrectly; and 3) The person recording the info wrote it as it sounded, not with the correct spelling. For more about dealing with record issues and problems, see Choice B in Goal 7 of Project 4: Discover.

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