Thanks for the note about 604 and 603. Very simply, there must have been additional ghost profiles in my gedcom, and it put the birthdate of John's son. His son was born in 1809, and John was born in 1789.
Eyestone, I have fixed the error that caused the link error between Aaron and John Brower, and it seems as if I am lineage to Almy as you suggest.
http://imgur.com/kk8ZTnp
What relationship finder are you referencing?
I looked at William de Huntingfield, and through my Dad's mother, he is my first cousin 26 times removed. They don't have my link through Brower yet, which is another thing to work on. I just love seeing close relations from very different lines.
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Cheryl, thanks for another informative comment! I have to agree with you on the problem of using other people's information. The worst is the duplicate children! I have another tree that is all my own personal manual work, but I am so far behind in that one......
I definitely have seen many false assertions, some just in error, and some in an attempt to claim royal lineage. I agree that you must be careful about lineage books written in North America. I would like to pose the counterpoint that both of the Spofford books were written by British family members (seemingly not connected to the Immigrant). One of these was titled Esquire, so undoubtably from the same proposed lineage.
I guess what I am asking is this..... If family J was attempting to show links to the royal family of family O, then surely references from family J would be looked on with scrutiny. However, if family O (the one with proven lineage) states that family J is descendant, then is this not collaborated proof?
This is a confusing situation for me, because I have never seen Spofford lineage questioned. This is one of the main lines from DeClare/Plantagenet. What are the qualifications of being "proven"?
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About Gateway ancestors, is there a rule to follow? In the case of Almy, there are two Gateway ancestors as both the Father and son were born abroad, then immigrated to America. Of course, I will use the one where I can find the most information, but is one of them "more correct" for the project?
Thanks all for your comments.... You are defintiely giving me a better understanding of your proces.... there's a whole lot to digest on the project page.