Charles James Helms (1861 - 1924)

Thank you, Debi.

I don't understand why you think I might mind that you've done a bit of research on this man. But (1) there are lots of things I don't understand and (2) I am more than delighted that you've found something that appears to corroborate and expand what we know. Would you mind adding a reference to the census as a source note, please? And thank you. Be well Charles

Thanks, Charles. I've added the source to the profile and updated the birth location. My posting a comment, rather that editing first, was for two reasons

1. because the profile was so new. Past experience has led me to be cautious in that situation.
2. because the data would be changed per the communication before editing guideline. Censuses can be wrong and I wanted you to have a chance to review before I updated.

I hope you have a great day, Debi

Thanks again, Debi.

1. Makes sense

2. I share your cautioon about census data. Of course. More than error prone. Clearly each instance needs to be evaluated individually in terms of plausibility. But where the net effect is corroborative and there are no obvious discrepancies arising, then the net synergistic impact generally becomes positive, methinks.

3. I am also cautious about the online mass-market (quasi-/)commercial websites more generally. It is so easy to type in something wrong, and what appears at first glance to be corroboration can often be nothing more corroboratory than one fellow copying stuff from a transcription of a transcription of a transciption on LDS to a ditto on Ancestry or vice versa. Nevertheless, I do think Ancestry, LDS and Find-a-Grave have becoming less unreliable than they were ten years ago. Most genealogy nuts - I venture to include myself - are most of the time able to temper enthusiasm with the necessary blend of care, caution and common sense when assessing the reliability of a piece of data. But ... not all. Indeed.

Best wishes

Charles