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| Title |
The Devin Family (Red Edition) |
| Publisher |
[1977] |
| Source ID |
S67493 |
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| Notes |
- Description:
36 p.; 21.6x15 cm.; saddle-staple; soft cover.- The so-called Red edition has a red cover. It contains information that occurred after Dessa's death in 1966. It is basically the same information as Dessa's manuscript but contains multiple typing errors. It appears Dessa's manuscript was retyped and formatted as a booklet without the editor acknowledging his or her work based on Dessa's work.
Known Issues In Dessa's Book
The following list contains instances where The Devin Family is known to be incorrect or confusing: If you have found any issues in The Devin Family by Dessa Hofstetter, please send them to devin_timber@yahoo.com, so they can be added to this page.
- On page 41, something is either missing or the word "Married" in the sentence "Married John Peyton Devin b. 3-14-1895 m. Doris Sharpier" should not be there. This John Peyton Devin (b: 1895) is most likely a brother of William Alexander Devin (son of John Peyton Devin and Clara Higgins) as the birth years suggest. Carol Rick (grand-daughter of William A. Devin) says John P. Devin(jr) is the brother of William A. Devin.
Many inaccuracies in the Red edition book appear to be the result of misinterpreting hand-written notes and letters. In particular, where months were abbrieviated to three letters (Jan., Feb., Mar., and so on) there are several instances where May was confused with March (May vs. Mar.) and January was confused with June (Jan. vs. Jun.). Other inaccuracies appear to be typing mistakes such as hitting the A key when the S key was required, or hitting the 2 key for the 3 key. These instances can only be found by checking the information in the book against primary sources.
- On page 1, Sarah Amith should be Sarah "Smith".
- On page 38, the format suggests "3-Elizabeth Devin Clement Beck m. William Wright" is a child of Elizabeth Devin Clement and Philip Beck. This is Elizabeth Devin's third marriage. Drop the "3-" and outdent to the same margin as the line for Elizabeth Devin's second marriage.
- On page 39, there is some question if "Mr. Beck of Salem, Indiana" is actually the "son of Philip Beck who m. Elizabeth Devin Clement". Research by Nell Truit suggests this relationship is more possibly cousins or uncle/nephew.
Watch Out For Online Genealogies
You may find that many published online genealogies seem to support the information in the Red edition. Do not be fooled by this "supporting evidence". Many online sources are based on copies of an original PAF file that was transcribed directly from The Devin Family (Red Edition) in 1987. Most notably, many family trees found on the World Family Tree CD-ROMs are based on copies of this file. The PAF file was copied and shared with several Devin family researchers. These files were added to and updated with each change of hands and evenually found its way into other genealogy programs. Even the orignal source of information for Devin Family Timber had its bases on that original PAF file (Hopefully, with the appropriate corrections). If you look closely enough between many of thses "published" trees, you will find exactly the same wording, mistakes, and typos in the lesser researched lines; especially in the individual biography pages where no two people do notes exactly the same way, even when copying someone elses' notes word for word. Comparing the online genealogies to "The Devin Family", you will find the exact same interpretions that occurred where format problems in the book caused some question as to the correct pedigree.
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