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I have just been rechecking some dates and trying to fill some gaps in the Deacons (of East Ilsley) line. I am fine back to Crispin Deacon (1729-1805) and his parents , William Deacon (Deakon) and Joane. But I have come unstuck with relying on other people's trees. They have William's parents as Francis Deacon and Jane Hassett - I can't find such a couple that actually fit with the dates and local area. I am always wary of 'family' turning up from another county, just like that. Also, the trees say Joane Deakon was the daughter of a Thomas Whitaker and an Elizabeth Hornblower. On closer inspection, that couple had a SON, John not a daughter, Joane.
As Deacon is THE family name, I would like to get this as accurate as possible. Is there anyone out there who can confirm the Ancestry and LDS family trees or knows ANYTHING about this branch of the East Ilsley, Compton, Chieveley Deacons, please?

I have been at this caper for some years now and have got back to the 1590's on some branches. Just last week I decided to print out my husband's tree - all 36 pages of it, and it is not even a detailed tree!
Has anyone out there found and used a ready printed chart for their tree and, if so can they recommend a good one?

Help and/or ideas needed. My ancestor, Sarah Ann Upton (1837-1894) had father James Upton and mother Hannah Swaine.

A James Upton married a Hannah Swaine 13 Dec 1836. In 1841 (and 1851) census Sarah Ann is living with her G parents, Thomas Swaine and his wife Hannah. Looking for the reason why, I found that a Hannah Upton died June 1837 age 21 (which just about fits)

BUT There is a birth recorded for a Thomas John Upton (parents James and Hannah (nee Swaine)) in July 1844.

Even MORE confusing - Thomas was HER father's name and John was HIS father's name.

Is anyone else's brain boggling? Does anyone have any ideas, PLEASE?

After YEARS of trying to track down my father's mother's family, I've hit the jackpot! A remarriage had sent me off in the wrong direction. But thanks to RootsChat members, I am back on track.

The problem that is boggling my brain is as follows. After entering my grandmother's parent's details on to my Ancestry family tree I got a number of hints that filled in a lot more detail. But when I came to check on them more closely there was a problem with dates.

I have a John Ward, b.1798 in Uttoxeter. His parents are William Ward and Mary (Langley). Her parents are Richard Langley and Mary Allen - all in Uttoxeter. But research on the LDS site says William and Mary were married in Dec 1791 when Mary was 37 and nine months AFTER their son, Thomas, was Christened.

I know things are different now but to have your first child at 37 and not marry the father untill 9 months after the child is born seems doubley strange to me.

There IS another marriage of a William Ward to a Mary (Bateman) married in Stafford in 1789 (she was 20) This seems to fit MUCH better. BUT it is in Stafford not Uttoxeter and they are from Tutbury. My understanding is that folk didn't move around that much in those days - at least not 'country, agricultural' folk).

What do you think? Are my gut feelings likely to be right and at least 10 other family trees wrong? Even though they all do seem to have their information from the same source.

I would value opinions on this - it is giving me a terrible headache!