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From: "Bev Harsh" <>
Subject: Re: Essex family problems - to disclose or not?
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:24:27 +0100
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Hi Chris,

I think yes you do have to tell. You would be supporting and perpetuating
a lie otherwise, and there are enough problems/setbacks/brickwalls in family
history already, without information now known to be inaccurate being passed
on.

Bev


> I have a slightly different problem, a branch of our family had drawn up
a
> beautiful calligraphy tree and sent around the world as Christmas
presents.
> This was back in the 1960s. I have put this tree on to my computer and
when
> I put in the 1881 census data it showed this tree was all wrong the head
of the
> family came from a different village in another part of the county, this
new
> research cuts out people who are our cousins, but in truth they are not
related at all.
>
> Do I tell or not. They all love family history and are looking forward
to seeing
> the updated tree.
>
> Best wishes,
> Chris.
>
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