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From: "C. Lee Driskell" <>
Subject: Re: GenTips-D Digest V98 #722
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 20:45:56 -0700


I agree with you 200%, but it gets worse. ALL the information you are researching is
another person stumbling in the dark and have been so excited to find long lost "Uncle Ed", no
attention is paid to the S.W.A.G. for his age(wft b1610-1705) nor is any data
verified. Like the lessor of two evils, it's the best game in town.
Lee

wrote:

> Goodmorning
> Yes Broderbund has all kinds of CDs. The family history centers are now
> putting out the same thing for cost. For instance you can get all of the
> British isles birth and marriage records for 15 dollars. All the Us records
> so far available on line for 19 dollars. Broderbunds are 40 dollars apiece.
> I have up to number 23 but I will not pay that price again for those CDs.
> There is a place where you can ask for lookups to be done but they usually are
> very limited in what they can look up. Some people want the whole history of
> their family in a few minutes and are upset when you can't supply it.
>
> There really is no exception for the old fashioned method of doing family
> genealogy. The computer can save you a lot of wasted trips however. What you
> want may not be there after you drive several hundred miles.
>
> Broderbunds 28 Cds are World Family Trees sent in by submitters of their own
> familys. They may or may not be of any help. Yes they do guarantee their
> products but it is a real hassle to send them back, They now have a Family
> Finder Index online that will tell you exactly which CDs have your family
> names included. However the problem still for many prople is like 3 of my
> family names. Gunther, Ritter, and KOhler. There are lots of them on every
> Cd I have purchased and I now have 23 of them. Where do I start looking?
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Judy
>
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