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Re: Collecting other people's relatives.
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 25 March 06 15:20 GMT (UK) »
I managed to prove that a gr gr gr gr grandfather according to a distant cousin was the wrong one.  Trouble was she had researched the family back to the 1400s and did not appreciate me telling her it was the wrong one!

Kerry  :'(
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« Reply #10 on: Saturday 25 March 06 17:09 GMT (UK) »
Hope she found out who they belonged to Kerry, at least they would have been grateful.

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« Reply #11 on: Saturday 25 March 06 17:11 GMT (UK) »
Well to be honest I am sure that the chap is related to us somehow, he was called Winchester, there are hundreds in Sussex and I am sure they all came from 1 originally.

Kerry  ;D
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« Reply #12 on: Saturday 25 March 06 20:20 GMT (UK) »
It does bother me BUT I still add them with a view to checking.  I have some on my paternal side at the moment that I really am not sure about.  Hoping that a rellie who says he has some old birth/death certs can help but he is hard to get hold off!

See the Surnames I am researching on the surname interest table

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« Reply #13 on: Sunday 26 March 06 00:54 GMT (UK) »
I keep my ???queries??? in a separate folder until I get confirmation at least once. Then, and only then, are they added to the computer and the paper confirmation(s) added into the appropriate lever arch file.
I have quite a large folder now where every page has a large pencilled ? on it and my rubber looks almost brand new   ;D

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« Reply #14 on: Sunday 26 March 06 09:17 BST (UK) »
That sounds like quite a good idea, I recently had to take off a couple of people from my tree from info given to me by someone else. 

Then I had a snotty email from someone else telling me they were incorrect.  I told him they were so distant I hadn't had time to check them out, I was starting with the people closer to me.

He didn't answer and I emailed again to check he had received my email, as I had given him some info on other possibilities, he sent back another email, no thank you just more rudeness!

Some people!

Kerry
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« Reply #15 on: Sunday 26 March 06 10:12 BST (UK) »
Even though i started this line of thought in a light hearted manner it does quite seriously trouble me.
I notice that one of these last posts from 'runner' comments on the large section of ????? that he is collecting. Me too.
Over the last few days i have worn my 'mouse finger' down to its tail scrolling through what seems like endless variations on a theme.
Names-dates-dob etc etc.
I have a large pile of papers that i've printed off from censuses [ is that the plural of census?] scattered on the floor at the foot of my chair. and like runner, and i suspect, most of you, i hesitate between which 'name' to continue checking out. Honestly at my age i can do without all this decision making  ::) ::) ::) ???

p.s but we still carry on though, don't we. Just like little terriers!!
Behling---- London
Bridges---- London
Copperwheat----Bedfordshire---Norfolk
Denton----Bedfordshire
Edwards----Wales
Evans----N.Wales
Farrow----Norfolk
Hughes----N.Wales
Jones----Wales---Bedfordshire
Lambert----London
Larmouth/uth----London
Ostler----Norfolk
Sherwood----Bedfordshire
Silver----Bedfordshire---Suffolk
Smart----Leicestershire---Middx
Teagle----Buckinghamshire---Wales
Totterdell----Hampshire---London---Stoke-On-Trent
Woods----London

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« Reply #16 on: Sunday 26 March 06 10:22 BST (UK) »
Oh dear--i've just had an awful thought--it wont be that long before i'm added to the old ancestral pile of papers myself and i DO NOT WANT to be added to someone elses family. :o :o
 
Behling---- London
Bridges---- London
Copperwheat----Bedfordshire---Norfolk
Denton----Bedfordshire
Edwards----Wales
Evans----N.Wales
Farrow----Norfolk
Hughes----N.Wales
Jones----Wales---Bedfordshire
Lambert----London
Larmouth/uth----London
Ostler----Norfolk
Sherwood----Bedfordshire
Silver----Bedfordshire---Suffolk
Smart----Leicestershire---Middx
Teagle----Buckinghamshire---Wales
Totterdell----Hampshire---London---Stoke-On-Trent
Woods----London

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Re: Collecting other people's relatives.
« Reply #17 on: Sunday 26 March 06 10:24 BST (UK) »
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censuses [ is that the plural of census?]

Yes  :)

This tip might help:

Topic: Spreadsheets help track Surnames
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,31779.0.html

If you enter all your names, then you can use the sort and filter functions in excel or OpenOffice to compare dates, addresses, occupations, DoB, or anything else, and  -- who knows -- you may even find a connection

Bob
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