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Hi Kathy:
Good luck with your book and thank you for your interest in my post.
I finished my book, published it and SOLD out within 2 months. It was much better than expected.
I donated a copy to Dale Co. Public Library so if anyone wishes to review it is titled "Brown & Sullivan Migrations, Greener pastures just over the Hill".
There are many pitfalls in family research to which I am sure you have encountered. Most of the informastion at websites like rootsweb is very inaccurate as some people just throw info out without doing proper research. Those people are not genealogists but "Sore thumbs" who only muddy the waters without any understanding or desire to become a "Genealogist".
This leads me to my new book project called "Genealogy Dectective" which cover's proper research from A to Z with pointers on How To do proper research.
There are facts, folklore, and fiction. Facts can be proof while folklore is based on fact but may be fiction and we all know what fiction is.
An example of folklore is about a place called "Six Wells" which when told related that an early settler had 6 daughters and the Six Wells was named in honor of those 6 daughters. Research revealed (from a military map of 1872) that there were 6 water wells in that area which were found and used by the Plains Indians. They were not visable wells but were located in sandy areas and one could dig a few inches into the sand and water would be there. That story had been told for years about the daughters and is still being told today. This place is in Weat Texas.
An example (in Dale County) in my book is the Historical Marker at Arguta which says the name came from a town in NC. The problem "NO such town existed in NC until much later". The name actually came from a location in Scotland.
Therefore, we have an erronous Historical marker in Dale County that may never be changed BUT it is very erronous.
If I can help with anything in reference to your book just ask. Be glad to help if I can.
Thanks
Norm Brown
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