• Where are the sources?  -  It is in the nature of an online database to make information available immediately; that is its strength.  It is also its weakness. When an individual is added to this database, that individual appears immediately in the surname list, and empty wills, notes, and source files are also created. If you happen to click on this new individual moments after he or she appears in the surname list, you will find only the basic information and no sources, etc. Proper citations take a bit of time to add in.
  
  
• It's been three days and there are still no sources for so-and-so! - This database is constantly being revised, corrected, amended, re-sourced, etc. Every item of information has a proper source that will eventually appear in the source notes.
  
  
• How can you provide a source for someone born, as you claim, "ca. 1715?"  Dates such as this are based on solid dates such as can be found in marriage records. The "circa" date is meant to be a reasonable approximation, not a certainty. For example, in general men married at about 25 years of age through the 18th century; thus, if a marriage record shows that John Doe married in 1800, a birth year of "ca. 1775" is a reasonable approximation.  Could he have married when he was 24, 30, or 35? Sure! The source listing for a "circa" date will indicate the book or other source on which the calculation was made. There will also be a brief explanation of how the calculation was made in each instance, but it will take time to get these details posted. When this information is present, you can decide for yourself whether the estimation is reasonable or not, but at least you will know how it was made.
  
  
• Why do you place an asterisk beside some dates? - If you see an asterisk beside a date (or anything else, for that matter), be sure to read the Notes file for that individual. In many cases the calculation of a date is based on multiple sources and other factors that cannot be adequately explained in the source notes.

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