[nbenyo]

However, the LDS collection includes many millions of indexed records obtained directly from states, counties, government agencies and church registers. Usually the scanned source document is accessible. These are reliable, and very inconvenient to get from the original issuer otherwise.
The inaccuracies occur when John Doe submits a family tree he created based on the memory of his 90-year old great-aunt.

[BlueMoose]

Many of the incorrect entries are made by other than LDS members. One is a person named Poynor. I found his address and phone number hoping to get information about how we were related. He was not home but his wife talked to me and said we were not related. His hobby was down loading names changing the information and resubmitting. He has submitted my Grandfathers name over 30 times.

Most of the cases where incorrect information has been entered for my ancestors come for from none LDS.