Taking Guinn info from Books
I was just reading through some of the tons of information distant cousins have sent to me on the Guinns in Greene Co., TN (and their relatives), and wanted to remind people who are just getting started on their genealogy, to research to find the records yourself. Some of what these cousins have sent me is just plain wrong. Many things that people get from the WFT cds and pass on to others, is not accurate. A really good case to point out is that the WFT cd on these Guinns names their patriarch as Emmanuel Guinn. That's just not true. It is Patrick Guin/Gwin and Jeanette McDonald of Rockingham/Augusta Co., TN. One cousin who sent me a lot of info, has tied our Guinns into the wrong line going back to VA. She probably is just passing on what others gave her. She was also writing a book on the descendents of James Washington Guinn and Rachel Shields. There is nothing to support a lot of the info she is putting in her book. I know for sure she has the widow of Leonidas Guinn married to some men she never married. She is confusing several Sarah Guinns. But many people may take her info as true, since it will be published in a book. Several years ago, I read in a book on Angelina Co., TX, that James Washington Guinn was married to a Charlotte. He was actually married to a Catherine, and I have never found anything to suggest he married a Charlotte.
As I was reading through some of this information, it really disturbed me. We need to really try to make sure that the information we pass on to our children is as accurate as we can possibly be. Just wanted to share this concern.
Cindy Hartman
(my line:)
Sherry Guinn and Walter Roberson
Roy Guinn and Hazel Fulgham
Ray Guinn and Bessie Crenshaw
Robert McPherson Guinn and Mary Jane Hogge
James F. Guinn and Sarah Rector
Hugh Guinn and Margaret Fairburn (still undocumenteed, but
attempting to do so)
Patrick Guin/Gwin and Jeanette McDonald
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Peggy Bowen 6/20/03
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Cindy Hartman 11/24/03
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Cindy Hartman 11/14/02