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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Confusing IGI
« on: Monday 21 June 10 15:50 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for your reply and all of the information re the reliability of early records.  It was only when I noticed that my copies of the Parish Records did not match with the IGI - when we finally joined the computer age -  that I ever really gave much thought to the records on the IGI . Many new researchers seem to put such faith in everything that the computer tells them re family records when researching a family history - the IGI being a site well known to everyone .   Having said that the computer has enabled my research to travel all over the world and contact many descendants that I would never have had the opportunity of knowing.  Contact with  Cemeteries in Australia , America and Canada is also a part of the research that would not have been possible without the computer and its records. So I do hope that all the information written here will be of some help to all new researchers when looking at the IGI
Susan







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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Confusing IGI
« on: Monday 21 June 10 12:21 BST (UK)  »
Perhaps the only true record of  family births and maybe marriages would be  an old Family Bible. My grandfathers family originated in Halesowen and I was lucky enough to make contact with another descendant of the family. I could hardly believe it when he said he had the old family bible with all the names of the children and their dates of birth it had been passed down in his family for " generations " - it also included one of the marriages that of his gt gt gt grandmother who had married a  gentleman called " Smith " listing all of their children also.  He very kindly sent me a photocopy which was so beautifully written.  Maybe the family Bible should be re-instated and even beginning now people could write down the information from all the certificates that they have  within the family for future generations , or maybe all of the family history researches will be able to " leave " near perfect family trees for all to see. I decided to put all of my research into book form collecting as many old pictures along the way as possible, it was certainly not the way I had thought of spending " early retirement " It has been very intersting though to read all the replies re; the IGI and other records and that there is no real certainty with the old records, but  now and again pieces of information do come to light -  that make such a difference to the  family history jigsaw puzzle. Thank you all very much for taking the time to answer this  - a fresh look at a problem  can sometimes make all the difference. 
Susan

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Confusing IGI
« on: Monday 21 June 10 11:06 BST (UK)  »
That is certainly fascinating to read about your research and just goes to show that some records are available online that with a bit of searching can prove successful.  My mother's family are Dutch and they too have some excellent sites re births marriages and deaths, which has certainly made the search a lot easier, they too are free like the site you mentioned and  the freebmd   here in the UK which is also free.  I do not however speak Dutch which can be a bit of a disavantage when using these sites. However earlier Parish records are becoming available online for Lancashire being transcribed by volunteers for the Lancashire Parish Clerks Project. Yes , the years do seem to fly by when doing family history research - I started 12 years ago without a computer.. suppose I would call them the good old days . Computers like the IGI can be confusing
Susan

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Confusing IGI
« on: Monday 21 June 10 08:08 BST (UK)  »
Very many thanks for all of your help - and the name Betty  had not gone un-noticed as being  a shortenend or family name for Elizabeth - all of this research was in fact done through the Parish Records before a computer came into our lives - and yes some of the entries on the LDS site are indeed open to transcription errors  which as with the census documents is really only to be expected..  Re-visiting this research on the computer was an attempt to find another generation as age no longer enables such visits to libraries and Record Offices that hold the Parish Records. Just happy that I have indeed got the right family and the correct information
Best wishes
Susan

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Confusing IGI
« on: Sunday 20 June 10 21:33 BST (UK)  »
So relieved that someone else has also had similar problems with the records on the IGI. The Lancashire Parish Clerks Project have some excellent records for those researching Lancashire families and it was through that site that some of the differences  with the IGI info were sorted out.  However the main line I am following does have a really difficult problem- the IGI lists a marriage in 1810 in Hindley when an Elizabeth Taylor married  a John Lowe - there is also an entry for a Betty Taylor who also married a John Lowe in Hindley, The children listed all say To John Lowe and Elizabeth Taylor but one does say to John Lowe and Betty Taylor and that was not my gt. gt. grandad - he on the John Lowe Elizabeth Taylor " list "  The entry in the Hindley Parish records lists the marriage as
John Lowe to Betty Taylor - not Elizabeth. Burial records are in the name of Elizabeth - she died in childbirth aged 29. So here the IGI says one thing and the Parish records say another hence why it all seems just a bit confusing  and I just don't know what is the right information.
Susan

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Census and Resource Discussion / Confusing IGI
« on: Sunday 20 June 10 19:02 BST (UK)  »
 Has anyone else ever come across errors on the IGI ??? When comparing copies of some Parish Records I have to the IGI there were quite a few discrepencies, in fact it did make me wonder which records were in fact correct - The Parish Records or the IGI - made me go back to the very beginning and re do a lot of the research just to make sure I was following the right family. Have to say that I am still in a bit of a dilemma over some of the information but without the help of any census researching in the 1700's relies heavily on both the above records - mind you I do live in hope that someone somewhere just might have an old family Bible with all the names neatly written down !!!
Susan

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Shropshire / Re: Cartway Bridgnorth 1901
« on: Saturday 14 November 09 18:47 GMT (UK)  »
Many, many thanks for all of this information, in 1911 David and Edith Pearson were living in Hermitage Cottages, Coalville with their children and sadly Edith died in 1921 aged 40 years.  It was the names Baker Potter that messed up my searches and I did  wonder about the Edith Bather in 1901 - living with Henry and Edith Munshall -

There is an old family picture of Edith with what we think are her two sisters - just thought it would have been nice to have known their names - what a puzzle it has turned out to be

Thank you once again for all of your help
Susan

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Shropshire / Cartway Bridgnorth 1901
« on: Saturday 14 November 09 14:42 GMT (UK)  »
Cartway Bridgnorth is the address given on the marriage certificate for Edith Baker Potter when she married David Pearson at St Leonard's Church Bridgenorth. Her father was John Baker Potter who was listed as a " mechanic ". I am having great trouble finding Edith and her family on the 1901 Census , she was born in Kidderminster 30th June 1880 and to date  I have failed to find Edith or her father and family on any census under any name be it Potter, Baker or Baker Potter.  The only hope I have is the 1901 census and the Cartway address on the marriage certificate.  Any help would really be appreciated,
Susan

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Shropshire Lookup Requests / Re: Albrighton, Shropshire
« on: Monday 21 September 09 08:30 BST (UK)  »
very many thanks for the information - will have a look at the site
Susan

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