Online Genealogy Data

There is a plethora of information for genealogy researchers online! The problem that people may find is that they are just never sure if the information found online is actual something that is true, false or somewhere inbetween. Just how do you know if your online genealogy data is true? There are a couple of things to ask yourself when you find genealogy information online. One, make sure you see if the information you have discovered actually has a source sited with it. If so, check out the source to verify the information. Many places take information from other sources, so you should check your data from each place sited. If the data you found was actually found as a part of a genealogy project, did the person volunteering the information list the sites and resources they used to find this data? You should never take any data you find on the Internet as true until you have actually verified it as so. If you feel uneasy or something doesn't add up, do some more digging. You don't want your genealogy data to be incorrect.