In my research I came upon the Lupone family, namely Patti Lupone the famous broadway star. Her family told her that she was named after her Great Aunt Adalina Patti.
So as I was researching the Patti family, I came to the realization that there is no relationship to the Adelena Patti family for either of us. This is after researching every member of the Patti family.
Of course this research is still open, but as of now there is no relationship.
In conclusion, a word to the wise, take family stories with a grain of salt. Sometimes they are just that, only stories.
Her family returned to England in 1937 and in WWII the M-in-L was registered as an alien. As such, she had to report to a police station regularly.
My research has proved that she was born at Woolwich, London.
In spite of proving how, and when, and with whom, she travelled to and from Ireland the Irish kin are adamant, to this day, that British records must be wrong.
That is why I have my TP tree open to all, as it is surprising, the information, that you obtain, as other than this, you just have what is gleaned from family.
Les
As we all probably know family tree's in sites such as Ancestry, Tribalpages and others, contain numerous errors. I was once in numerous public family history sites, as alive, born 10 years before my time and married to some person I had never met. It has taken me years to get most of these corrected and my name and details made private.
Don't take anything for granted. Do your own research to try to reduce errors. The error rate in all sites including the expensive sites is high and being copied continuously. That's why I say on my home page, "by all means copy information from my site but do your own research as well". There is no way I would be brave enough to say my site is 100% correct. I have checked as much as I can from Census records and while expecting these to be correct, I know, that will not always be the case.
I could not agree with you more. My Heritage is just like Ancestry. The amount of incorrect information in trees on these sites and others as well and even in Tribalpages is enormous. I could give numerous examples of situations where I have provided birth certificates to help but many don't take any notice. Comparing trees in FamilySearch is also an interesting exercise. I have used Roots Magic for that and that clearly shows that guessing is common.
When I first started researching my family history about 14 years ago I fell in the same trap myself. Experience soon fixed that. Unfortunately however, the amount of incorrect data seems to have spiraled in recent times. I am not saying that my tree is 100% correct but if I copy I now check from other sources as well. I think all we can do is encourage others to also check for themselves, before copying.
the crazy thing is that my great-uncle does resemble him a lot.
All we can do is follow the documents and hope for the best.
Regards,
Ian Marr
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