Advice before adding of this pre-1700 Fonville profile?

Question

I can add to the profile of Jean (Fonville) Fonvielle. This is who I can add:

• Jehan Jean Fonvielle, father.

These are the sources I am using:

• https://gw.geneanet.org/vringot?lang=en&iz=145&p=jehan+jean&n=fonvielle+fontvielle

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

Answer 1

Hi Jean,

Unfortunately, the source you found is a user generated tree which are not counted as a reliable source to create a Pre-1700 profiles.  See the excerpt from Cite Reliable Source section below:

'A family tree on Geni, Ancestry, MyHeritage, Family Search, or any other user-generated tree (like WikiTree itself) is not a sufficient source for creating a pre-1700 profile. They may be valuable resources and may help you find original, reliable sources, but they must never be the only source.'

Here is the page with the information regarding Pre-1700 profiles.  This may help you to locate a more reliable source.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1700_Profiles#Cite_reliable_sources

Please continue researching and see if you are able to find a more reliable resource.

Happy WikiTreeing!

Margie