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Genealogy Education 
Hello!
I am a grad student doing an online genealogy research degree from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, and my thesis is on the practice of citing sources in the amateur genealogist population. There has been much concern among professionals about the integrity of family histories floating around the internet and the amount of misinformation being shared due to lack of proper documentation of sources.
Your opinion/s on this subject would add tremendously to my research. A few short questions:
1. Obviously, education is the key. Do you think professionals are doing enough to help educate the general population about the importance of citing sources?
2. Do you think one solution would be to lobby the largest subscription services, such as Ancestry.com, to provide more up-front and visible prompts to add ANY kind of information as to where the information as obtained – in their public family trees?
Other thoughts or comments?
Thank you,
Cynthia Leigh