Advice before adding father of this pre-1700 Hoffman profile?

Question

I can add a father to the profile of Frederich Hoffman. This is who I can add:

• Ferdinand Hoffman

These are the sources I am using:

• Hoffman, Max E. The Hoffmans of North Carolina. Asheville, NC: Max Ellis Hoffman, 1938.
• Hoffman, Frances Wellman. The Hoffmans of North Carolina Revisited, 1749-1998. Franklin, NC: Genealogy Publishing Service, 1999. 

Should I contact one of the pre-1700 projects or know about any style guidelines before proceeding? Thank you!

Answer 1

The European ancestry of the Hoffmans of North Carolina is entirely bogus, lacks sources and is contradicted by what's available. I posted the following comment on Friedrich's profile in 2018:

He cannot be the son of Ferdinand and Elisabeth, they only had (possibly) one daughter. Ferdinand had only one son Andreas from his first marriage. Schauplatz des landsässigen nieder-oesterreichischen Adels vom Herren- und Ritterstande von dem XI.Jahrhundert an, bis auf jetzige Zeiten: Bd.I-V., Band 4, p. 154, Franz Karl Wissgrill, Karl von Odelga, gedruckt bey Franz Seizer, 1800

See also the sources on Ferdinand Hoffmann's profile regarding this supposed relationship..

Answer 2

If Ferdinand is born before 1500 you would need to be pre-1500 certified. Do the cited publications give primary source documentation for Ferdinand as the father? By themselves absent primary source documentation they would not be accepted sources for pre-1700 or pre-1500 profiles.

Comments

Thanks for the star Willie. I should have added that if you do have pre-1500 information to add, just put a post in g2g and someone who is pre-1500 certified will come along and assist you.

Answer 3

Willie,

There are several questions that need to be cleared up about Frederich Hoffman before his father is added. The information on his profile is taken from FAG #49866989.

When researching for information about the book "American Ancestry", I found this thread on WikiTree from 2018.

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/582987/have-character-basically-existing-sources-project-protected

The thread discusses this book and states that the book is a scam, and does not exist.

Comments

Thank you for selecting my answer, Willie! I really appreciate that.