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This list is not appropriate material for Wikisource, as it is not an original source. The reference states
Snottygobble 23:36, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Noticed this page my be up for deletion. This is the beginings of a great resource, Referencing various sources of great use to historians and those interested in geneology in Australia KEEP Ghostieguide 05:57, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
If the list of passengers is intended to be taken seriously by researchers, it has to have some guidance as to accuracy. Ref the THROSSELL pensioner-guard family - the original document names Michael, Jane Ann and Thomas, and lists two further children but with no names.
It does NOT have "(George)" added to Michael's name and "Lionel" does not appear as son George's middle name. The further note about Michael's burial is also a researchers addition.
This illustrates the point made below by someone about sources. This entry is a copy of information from elsewhere on the Internet (in itself NOT a primary source). Unfortunately some well-meaning person has added researcher's notes on the site that this page has been mainly copied from and the notes have now become 'fact'.
Whether you like it, or not, this page WILL be used by family history researchers who, unless they understand primary as opposed to secondary sources, will simply take the speculative bits as fact! The erroneous appearance of "George" in this version has already caused unnecessary and heated debate over his real name.
The authors attempts to "... correct the various anomalies, omissions and typographical errors which were encountered..." makes it worse because what we are now seeing is a further distortion of original material and thereby distortion of fact. This article would have been better placed on a personal web site with a proper explanation of the changes and additions that have been made to the original.
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This list is not appropriate material for Wikisource, as it is not an original source. The reference states
Snottygobble 23:36, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Noticed this page my be up for deletion. This is the beginings of a great resource, Referencing various sources of great use to historians and those interested in geneology in Australia KEEP Ghostieguide 05:57, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
If the list of passengers is intended to be taken seriously by researchers, it has to have some guidance as to accuracy. Ref the THROSSELL pensioner-guard family - the original document names Michael, Jane Ann and Thomas, and lists two further children but with no names.
It does NOT have "(George)" added to Michael's name and "Lionel" does not appear as son George's middle name. The further note about Michael's burial is also a researchers addition.
This illustrates the point made below by someone about sources. This entry is a copy of information from elsewhere on the Internet (in itself NOT a primary source). Unfortunately some well-meaning person has added researcher's notes on the site that this page has been mainly copied from and the notes have now become 'fact'.
Whether you like it, or not, this page WILL be used by family history researchers who, unless they understand primary as opposed to secondary sources, will simply take the speculative bits as fact! The erroneous appearance of "George" in this version has already caused unnecessary and heated debate over his real name.
The authors attempts to "... correct the various anomalies, omissions and typographical errors which were encountered..." makes it worse because what we are now seeing is a further distortion of original material and thereby distortion of fact. This article would have been better placed on a personal web site with a proper explanation of the changes and additions that have been made to the original.