Fleshing out the Past

Genealogy is the second most popular hobby in America.  With the advent of the Internet, it has become so much easier to hunt up a genealogical line.  Prior to the internet, individuals even to get a start, would have to travel or contact the location where their relatives lived; a huge plethora of records would have to have been researched.  A genealogy hunt of 2011, has become common place almost too easy.  Put a surname + genealogy in the search box, and viola information.  Follow a link to one of the genealogy sites on the net, type in your query; again viola instant access to results.  Sometimes the problem with this is that the results is only as good as the person doing the research.  I am not wanting to pick on any genealogical site or individuals; but research can be flawed, if the person doing the searching is wanting instant quick results, and does not want to do the research themselves. Trust me we have all barked up the wrong tree at least once in our research. I like to compare some peoples genealogy to the childhood game of telephone, the message can get garbled with one wrong word.  The same is true in genealogy, one wrong surname, can effect just not one persons genealogy, but also those individual that use it as a stepping stone. I guess this is why I try to be diligent in tracking down maiden names. In an ideal world I would have at least three sources for a maiden name.  At the moment we are trying to figure out who the father is for Cora the daughter of Henrietta Foster who marries Silas Girt.  The hunt never stops.