Talk:William Randolph

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Ancestry tree

I reverted the unreferenced addition of a family tree by 86.181.49.123.

It is very easy to construct an ancestry tree from unreliable sources published on the internet. However it only takes one mistake for large parts of the tree to be incorrect. For example if a grandmother is recorded as the first wife rather the second wife (the correct mother), then a quarter of the tree will be inaccurate, even if all the other entries for every single person are correct. For this reason trees need accurate sourcing from reliable sources.

86.181.49.123 what were your sources for creating this tree? -- PBS (talk) 17:07, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Father's year of death

There are two different statements about his father, Richard Randolph's year of death. One states a specific date in 1678 and another shows 1671. Any insight into what is the correct year of death?–CaroleHenson (talk) 01:33, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to find reliable secondary sources (excluding self-published sources) and was unsuccessful. I think the May 1678 date may have come from genealogical sources because reliable sources state either 1671 or about 1671 as his year of death. So, I added sources for his mother and father's birth and date information and removed the 1678 date.

If anyone knows that this information was correct and has reliable sources, though, please say so here.–CaroleHenson (talk) 01:56, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Use of genealogical sources or self-published sources

As I work my way through the article, I am finding that there appears to be use of unreliable genealogical sources or self-published sources. Where I cannot find a reliable secondary source for the information, I am removing that info.–CaroleHenson (talk) 02:06, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]