Talk:Edith Hern Fossett

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Changed dates without sources
Hello, I see that you made edits to the article, a lot of them good edits with links to other articles here. I am not seeing, though, sources when you changed or augmented dates (like adding the day when there was previously just a month and year). Do you have sources for those changes?–CaroleHenson (talk) 21:04, 12 April 2024 (UTC)


 * The only places that I can find date and month for Edith's full birth and death are genealogical records and Find-a-Grave. Unless something has changed, neither of these are considered reliable sources. The last I knew (and had sufficient discussion about) Find-a-Grave can only be used with the dates are provided by the military. There are no public records, books, or newspaper articles that I can find with that information. So, I am going to revert the edits for her.–CaroleHenson (talk) 21:14, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I removed "and Jefferson" from this sentence: "As a girl, Edith tended to Harriet Hemings, the daughter of Sally Hemings."[3]. Rhodes doesn't make the connection here. There are tons of sources, though, if you'd like to find one to add at the end of the sentence.–CaroleHenson (talk) 21:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I found a source for Joseph's month of birth - and added it here. So that is ✅.–CaroleHenson (talk) 21:31, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Seeing a pattern, I just reverted the changes to names and dates in the Children subsection here.


 * This is the net effect of your and my edits, where I removed content that was added without a source.–CaroleHenson (talk) 21:45, 12 April 2024 (UTC)