Personal Comments!

Most visitors to this blog read and take whatever info they receive without question.

At least, without questioning me!

This is not good!

Your input is needed in order for the genealogies that I write about to be as accurate as possible.

Sometimes I do receive input from readers. But for the most part, they write anonymously.

So:

Dear Anonymous:

Corrections to my files are never made on information received anonymously, especially when accuracy is in question!

Hopefully, most readers realize that the information I post is not ever 100% accurate. For that reason, my e-mail address is included with each blog, along with an invitation to the reader to contact me with additions and/or corrections.

I require "registration" before anyone can post a comment. This is not to restrict anyone from leaving a legitimate response, but is an effort to keep the scummy spammers from posting comments.

So, do not just tell me I'm wrong! Let's discuss it!

If you are really interested in what is posted in this blog, don't "hit and run."

Start an info exchange with me. After all, it seems that we are both interested in obtaining the most accurate information available.

If you steadfastly believe your research is 100% accurate, don't write! There won't be an opportunity for us to have a congenial discussion.

And finally: If you cannot be nice, don't write. I respond better to nice e-mail than I do to ones of an accusatory style.

I can be reached at the following e-mail address:

I've been busy!

I'm sorry for not having posted a new blog in a couple of weeks. Last week my wife and I were in south Louisiana having the motorhome serviced and visiting grandkids. While down south the surprise hurricane Humberto came ashore along the TX/LA line, turned NE and came over our home on Lake Bruin on the LA/MS state line. We received only 3" of rain but wind force was apparently high.


We didn't suffer any damage to the house, but we have lots of trees on the nearly one acre we call home. Many of those trees are fully mature pecan trees. Limbs had become brittle from the lack of rain and were ready to snap with the slightest wind. Many were loaded with yet unripened pecans and the wind played havoc with them. One large limb from an Oak tree adjacent to the house fell on the rear deck. Fortunately, it was not long enough for the heavy part to hit the house, but the tip of the limb did come to rest on the roof.


Our area is extremely rural and as such does not have trash service. While household trash is collected, some stuff that we need to get rid of has to be hauled to a landfill. We find it easier to just cut limbs into pieces that we can easily carry to the burn site on the rear of the property. So, for the past two days we have cut, stacked and burned a lot of oak and pecan wood. There were also a couple of pines on the place that looked pretty bad so I cut and burned them as well.


As a result of all that, my normal four to five hours a day spent researching, replying to e-mail, etc. came to a near complete halt. I did manage to answer a few e-mails and, prepare a couple of Edward Coffey CDs that had been ordered but, everything else I love about Genealogy research suffered.


So, all of this is probably more information than readers really needed but, it does serve as an excuse for not having recently blogged.


We still have some outside work to do, but is mostly grass cutting. Hopefully, I'll be back to regular blogging in the next few days.

Personal Comments

Coffey Cousins' at Rootsweb is gone!

All links in blogs created before about May 2007 that refer to the Coffey Cousins' website became invalid when I moved the website from Rootsweb to its own domain. Clicking here will take you to the "new" Coffey Cousins' website. From there, readers can search the site for items of interest.

There is also a link to the new website at the bottom of each blog.

I update the Edward Coffey web pages two to three times a year. If corrections or additions are reported I immediately make the changes in my files but not on the website. In some rare instances I have made individual corrections to the website when someone requests that personal information be removed, or in cases of gross errors.

Grammar, spelling, etc:

Like most people who do "things," I make mistakes. Spelling errors, misplaced commas, and poor grammar seem to be the "major" difficulties I have in putting together a readable blog. The notes that I receive from English tutors are appreciated, but it's unlikely that after nearly 50 years since my last English class and of "writing like I talk," anyone will be able to change me. Nearly all of my previous writings had the benefit of an editor so placement of commas, etc. wasn't a big concern to me.

Often a few readers will inform me that I have misspelled someones given name. One of the most popular reports is Saphronia. I think we all know that the name can be found spelled different ways in various records for the same person, Sophronia and Fronia being two of the most popular. If readers have a document; e.g., birth or death certificate I certainly want to spell the name as found in that document, and appreciate the notice. However, I'm not likely to change anything without a strong source from a few "nit pickers."

On the other hand, I do appreciate the reports of factual errors. I try to be extremely careful in the accurate recording of the birth, death, and marriage data for each family. Occasionally, or perhaps more often, I mis-type or have inaccurate information. Please continue to correct me when more accurate information is available.

A note about sources:

I generally have sources for most of the information I use here. However, there are some data for which I have no source other than "traditional." I always invite readers with sources that contradicts any of my information to contact me. I sometime include sources in the blog, but mostly do not. I will, when available, share sources with anyone. My goal of course is to share the most accurate information that I can and, to avoid establishing something permanent on the web that will create consternation and confusion to future researchers.

Corrections to the blog are easily made, so feel free to let me know when more accurate is available.

Help!

I often struggle to find ideas for a blog subject. Readers are invited to send requests. If I have information on that particular family I will post it here.

Be Nice!

Everyone is fervent in their research, and believes that the information they have is the most accurate available. I believe that all of us know that even Bible records can be incorrect. Public records such as birth and death certificates can be incorrect as well. Please be nice when writing to discuss whether or not a date or other information that I have is accurate. I respond better to nice rather than confrontational e-mail.

(Note the "dot" between jack and coffee)