I need a rational solution to this problem!
What resources for remote access to information do you all find to be the best for Herefordshire?
When I was in Herefordshire things were either slowed down or closed at the Archive centre because of the move to new improved facilities. Consequently due to this, although I wanted to, I didn't get to visit them at all which was a pity.
Ok, here is one scenario with which I am currently having a problem. A direct line ancestor Margaret WIGLEY bapt 1809 in Hampton Bishop is said to be the daughter of a Thomas WIGLEY and a Mary. Likewise there is a sister Emma (also with mother listed as a Mary) bapt 1814, in Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire.
I could find no marriage for a Thomas WIGLEY within a 40 year period (FindMyPast)......leave alone with a Mary added. A Thomas WIGLEY, was bapt Sept 1783 in Hampton Bishop. Was this Margaret's father?
To set my Herefordshire searching in motion again, someone contacted me recently because of a DNA match with me. The only name I could see in her long list of names which was parallel to my research was a Thomas WIGLEY. This person suggested to me that Thomas had a third daughter (I had found two) and that Thomas married a Catherine CARELESS.
The only reference I have found to a 'Careless' and another daughter was a summarised 'record' from myHeritage.com.....which seemed to me to be more of a constructed record rather than a record from original documentation. At least this 'source' did say that the wife of Thomas WIGLEY was a Mary CARELESS rather than a Catherine, so that was something positive. However overall I do not find this to be a quantifiable enough source......not that I wouldn't believe it's eventual veracity......however I like to cite original records where I can.
So what recourse do I have for Herefordshire?