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[Anny]

I have a Jane Renshaw Clay shown as being Christened on 23 December 1828 in Grantham, Lincoln, England on the IGI records but is shown as being Christened on 19 Dec 1829 in Grantham, Nottingham, England on the Family Search site with same parents.  How do I know which is correct? Has anyone encountered this before or am I misreading something? 

Anny

[bikermickau]

I suggest go to the Source and see what is on it. ie Original Parish records

A Grantham in Nottingham does not seem correct to me.

[bearkat]

The IGI is part of the family search site.

The IGI 1828 record is 'extracted' so is from a parish register entry.  Some records are 'submitted' and are a result of people's research which may not be accurate.  The Grantham, Nottingham entry is submitted.

Any part of Familysearch needs to be used as a finding aid.  There is no substitute for checking original records which may also contain additional information.

[Anny]

So you mean that the info on Family Search has just been submitted by other people and we don't know if they actually verified the info? Thanks to you both for clarifying it for me.

Anny

[heart247]

Both dates for Jane Renshaw Clay are in the IGI which is a section in familysearch.
19 Dec 1829, Grantham, Nottingham, England came from someone's submission w/o any source ref.
23 Dec 1828, Grantham, Lincoln, England came from Church extracted parish records.

Grantham, Nottingham and Grantham, Lincoln are both listed as "Grantham, Lincolnshire, England" and can be considered the same.

It is very likely that she was born 19 Dec and christened 23 Dec 1828.
It is possible the 1829 came from an assumption from a census record. She was listed in 1841 and 1851 censuses.

there is verified and UN-verified information in the IGI and other parts of family search.

 click on the source info, details or numbers to find out where the information came from. You can find out if it was submitted information with sources or just submitted. - hope this helps
Good Luck

[Nick29]

The IGI is not a genealogical database - it is a record of those who have been baptised (usually posthumously) into the Mormon faith.  The records are kept as accurate as possible to accurately identify individuals, but it is not a genealogical organisation.  The LDS church generously allow their records to be viewed by those outside the LDS church, but you need to be aware of the purpose of the record keeping.

[Sylviaann]

Annie if you go to your nearest LDS centre you will be able to order the film of the parish register for a very small fee.  Then you will be able to view it on microfilm or microfiche.

Nick29  The mormons were able to film the parish registers on the understanding that they would allow anyone to view the records, so not that generous.

Sylviaann

[Anny]

Thanks to you all for explaining the differences about these sites.  Will stick to info from original docs only and just use the others as means of finding the originals. 

Anny

[c-side]

That's the only proper way to do it, Anny, but these sites are very useful, particularly when a rellie goes missing - and they frequently do!

Any transcribed information is suspect - simply because transcribers are only human and can make mistakes or mis-read a name/date.

Christine