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[John Stanton]

Jonathan. I am not criticising you - but I have to take exception with your buddy. If the information in Ancestry is wrong, it is because it was wrong in the original. Even the U.S. Census has errors. The early Census takers were the Provost Marshals. (Need I say More?) however if you find an error in Ancestry and bring it to their attention - they DO NOT CHANGE THE RECORD, they will add your correction on another line in their presentation. I don't see how anyone can "cut and paste" in Ancestry. The original copy is somewhere else in the world and your screen is a copy. That copy is not returned to Ancestry to replace the original. I support your what you are trying to accomplish, "Be CAREFUL" . With this thought let me add - Check and recheck the name that appears on your screen. If you search "Tom Jones", Ancestry will give you a Zillion Tom Jones', (there were 2 born every month for the past 100 years), 20%, in the same town, 40% in the same State, 100% with parents of the same name,) What I am saying is be careful and you will find that Ancestry is right. ( There were 127 "Sarah A. Slaters" to check, before the right one stood up.)