Bill -
<<<< I do not claim to be infallible in my research, however I do go to the lengths of appropriate care as far as available documents allow, I would guess that Genealogists in general accept that were one does provide provenance (Sources?) at face value then we have done our best to establish that we have correct information. >>>>
I never simply accept anything at face-value, even when some does provide provenance... I always endevour to review their source for myself... But, I do applaud the efforts you make to authenticate your work and concurr with what you say about many of the so-called genealogists propogating incorrect data. Just because someone else has it in their tree online or a connection is published in a book does not make it true. The confusion surrounding my 5grGF's family is a case in point... even the DAR has the wrong family members published in an early volume. Personally, I look at other people's work, substantiated or not, as a clue to - not the conclusion of - my work.
KBo