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The Common Room / Re: Find A Grave biographies
« on: Saturday 18 November 23 13:31 GMT (UK)  »
Don't get me started on unverifiable additions to a memorial. I hold most of the memorials in a local to me graveyard. I transcribed the burial register and photographed the headstones.

There's a couple of fag members in particular who want to submit additional information. One I've actually met in the local cemetery, and another is in the US.

The local one I'm happy to add info in a heartbeat, it's instantly apparent that he's a diligent researcher.

 The other can't even use sums to guestimate birth years, assigns completely wrong women as the brides, husbands parent's as the wife's parents, declares inaccurate places of birth/ death etc. Everything from her now gets rejected , I've spent too long disproving previous amendments.

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The Common Room / Re: Find A Grave biographies
« on: Friday 17 November 23 16:59 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: bevj on Thursday 16 November 23 20:38 GMT (UK)
After having found a lot of really good information on Find a Grave over the years, I've had a rather galling experience with a biography entry today.
I found the entries for my great-great grandparents, whom I have researched very carefully over the years and for whom I have a lot of information backed up by official records.  The biographies included several errors so I suggested editions to correct them.  To my surprise today I received a notification that my suggestions have all been rejected  by the biographer because 'they do not coincide with the information that I have'.
So I checked the profile of the biographer and she is no relation
Bev

Simple thing is to ask that the memorial is transferred to yourself. You can escalate it to FAG if she declines.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: What does anyone make of this signature?
« on: Monday 13 November 23 11:26 GMT (UK)  »
Don't rule out a spouse's nephew.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Wakefield - Woodside query
« on: Monday 13 November 23 11:17 GMT (UK)  »
So your records are dated 1700 to 1710 or thereabouts.

Look at old maps, certainly plenty around online from mid 1800s, which will ascertain the history of Woodside farm at least

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Frances or Fanny Steele Born 1796 Warmingham Cheshire UK
« on: Monday 09 October 23 17:47 BST (UK)  »
Probably a pragmatic marriage,  given the 5 year-old in the 1851 census.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Frances or Fanny Steele Born 1796 Warmingham Cheshire UK
« on: Monday 09 October 23 17:35 BST (UK)  »
1851 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG2M-6LJ

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Mary Eeke
« on: Monday 09 October 23 04:46 BST (UK)  »
It's not usual to have a mother named on a marriage certificate. 
Did you find a baptism?
When & where was the "childs" marriage,  what names witness etc

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Ireland / Re: Apparent Error in GRO Copy, Can GRO Check Original?
« on: Wednesday 04 October 23 09:23 BST (UK)  »
A church ( or as in this case, chapel) would most likely deposit *their* copy with the diocese,  if its no longer at the church. 

Original, copy to local register iffice, copy to Central register office

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Ireland / Re: Apparent Error in GRO Copy, Can GRO Check Original?
« on: Wednesday 04 October 23 07:09 BST (UK)  »
So if its a CHURCH record, ascertain if the church register is deposited anywhere.

It's f-all to do with the GRO since they did not make the copy, the church authorities did that.

Pauline

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