« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 18 September 18 17:09 BST (UK) »
One rotten apple can lead to hundreds more, in other words one mistake is made and others copy it thinking it is gospel so you get many family trees with false info. It is annoying to see such glaring errors but not surprising.
I totally agree but what happens to simple common sense?
Exactly. I think they probably take Anc hints as gospel without reading them properly, or they are just name collectors. It does make you wonder how they can allow such sloppy research to go ahead.
Ie they have a John Jones born Glamorgan c1861 (
approximate YOB calculated from age at that census) on the 1901 census with his wife Anne Jones born Devon c1863 living in Somerset. They then get a hint for a John Jones born Scotland c1864 and his wife Ann born County Durham c1863 in 1891 census living in Northumberland and just accept it, not reading into it further and realising the fact that the birthplaces are totally different as are the children's names. There must be many John Jones' married to an Ann in the late 1800s.
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain