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As a result genealogy researcher, Carmen J. Finley, warned that it is important to track down the original records cited in compiled genealogies. Carmen said,<ref>>Carmen J. Finley, Ph.D., CG, "Checking the Authenticity of Cited Documents: A Finley-Hess Hoodwink in Colonial Pennsylvania," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'' 87 (1999): 295.</ref> | As a result genealogy researcher, Carmen J. Finley, warned that it is important to track down the original records cited in compiled genealogies. Carmen said,<ref>>Carmen J. Finley, Ph.D., CG, "Checking the Authenticity of Cited Documents: A Finley-Hess Hoodwink in Colonial Pennsylvania," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'' 87 (1999): 295.</ref> | ||
<blockquote>"Serious genealogists know not to believe everything in print. Honest mistakes happen. The accuracy of published record abstracts depends on many factors... Even more difficult to detect can be the misguided alterations and deliberate deceptions by seemingly sincere authors who tamper with evidence or manufacture it outright. No researcher really wants to consider such a likelihood."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"Serious genealogists know not to believe everything in print. Honest mistakes happen. The accuracy of published record abstracts depends on many factors... Even more difficult to detect can be the misguided alterations and deliberate deceptions by seemingly sincere authors who tamper with evidence or manufacture it outright. No researcher really wants to consider such a likelihood."</blockquote> | ||
=== The Horn Papers === | ===Fraudulent Genealogies=== | ||
==== The Horn Papers ==== | |||
The ''Horn Papers'' were records of western Pennsylvania, southeastern Ohio, western Maryland, and northern West Virginia from 1765 to 1795. For more information, see: | The ''Horn Papers'' were records of western Pennsylvania, southeastern Ohio, western Maryland, and northern West Virginia from 1765 to 1795. For more information, see: | ||
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