Talk:James Draper (settler)

Changes to article based on Ancestry.com
Hello Hatlantac; I'm glad you've discovered wikipedia, and would like to make some changes to the James Draper article. It is important that when material is added or changed in an article that it is well supported from reliable sources. The source used in the article, the family genealogy by Thomas W. Draper, is well documented, and I have not seen any reliable material to suggest that Thomas Draper is not the father of the immigrant James. If you do a web search on "James Draper Meriam Stansfield" you will find all kinds of ancestral charts, some of which show Thomas and some of which show William as the father. However, in all of these searches, you will come across one site that presents a deposition of James's son, John, that clearly states that John's grandfather was Thomas, which means James's father was Thomas. Also, Meriam Stansfield did not have a middle name; middle names were virtually unheard of in the early 17th century. Her father's name was Gideon, but she had no middle name.

If you would like to discuss some proposed changes, perhaps I can help you here, but any changes need to be well documented from reliable sources. Most genealogical websites are not reliable unless they show from where their information comes, and that it comes from a published book or from an article in a reputable journal, such as the New England Historic Genealogical Register. Also, if we do find something of merit on a website, I can help with giving it a correct citation. For now, I will be changing your edits back to the original text, until we can agree that changes are warranted based on reliable material. Please feel free to make any comments here on this talk page, by just continuing after my signature, and using the colon symbol to indent your discussion. Again, welcome to wikipedia! Sarnold17 (talk) 00:57, 27 March 2013 (UTC)