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From: "Virginia L. Aldridge" <>
Subject: [APG] Sources: Original vs. Derivative
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:56:56 -0600
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OK, I will quit lurking and jump in here. I usually enjoy the debates that go on and just read and learn.

Chad,
You had a good point. I had a researcher search for a will in AL. He found a book (an old one) that was the will book for that time frame and copied the handwritten instrument for me and sent it to me. Then he was informed the book (though old) was not the original will book for that time frame. After some searching he found the original(this book had paper that reminded him of cloth) and copied the will (again a handwritten instrument). On reading each document I noted the original had a different date and slight difference in wording. So what seems to be an original may not be an original, however if we had not been told of the existence of the 'original' how would we have known we did not have the Original Source.

Just lurking again,
Virginia

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