Ancestry tree rubbish

[pinefamily]

Only 2 sources? They need more verification to be certain.   

[ms_canuck]

There are some parishes that have changed counties. Along the Devon/Dorset border, and along the Gloucestershire/Wiltshire border are two that I am aware of. And wasn't Bournemouth in Hampshire at one point?

Since I've spent most of my life in Canada, my knowledge of UK geography is pretty poor considering I was born there!  To try to save myself some embarrassment on Ancestry, I purchased a Britain & Ireland map from Nat'l Geographic, and have it on the wall next to my PC workstation.  It has helped a lot when something looked improbable - i.e. movement between counties, birthplaces of children, etc.  It's not perfect, because it's modern, but better than just guessing.

Loving this thread!

Ms_C

[Edward Scott]

I use Google Earth a lot, (the free to download version for PC's). I find it very helpful to track distances between places.

[Maiden Stone]

Re Edward's reply #384, baptism 420 years after birth. I'll raise you 200 years.   A tree I saw this week - woman born shortly before 1300; baptism 1934. The baptism was LDS (Mormon) so there is no suggestion that the person was present at the ceremony.
Curious that the man in Edward's post remained in Suffolk all his life and only went to Cambridge for his post-mortem baptism. I wonder what was happening in Manea, Cambridge in 1830?

[Edward Scott]

Did she have any children?

I cannot believe that we have got to 1089 posts and 22,563 views and we have only just started 

OK, so who can find someone being baptised more than 420 years after birth?

[pinefamily]

I use Google Earth a lot, (the free to download version for PC's). I find it very helpful to track distances between places.

I wouldn't put too much store in Google Earth for accuracy.  There have been many complaints here in Australia from tourists using it. Both in terms of distance and actual accuracy on their maps.
I looked for an alternate route recently using Google maps and ended up on a dirt track to nowhere. Yet the map said it was a road right through.

[Edward Scott]

I wouldn't use it for navigation, the power lead on my PC just isn't long enough 

I just use it to help with relationships between places, it can help with possible ancestor tracking.

I have a good old fashioned road atlas and satnav in the car, also lucky that I know a good deal of the UK from travelling around.

[CarolA3]

I looked for an alternate route recently using Google maps and ended up on a dirt track to nowhere. Yet the map said it was a road right through.

Try the Great Central Road, Geraldton to Townsville.  The middle section makes dirt tracks look luxurious, and it certainly feels like it's going nowhere

Carol

[pinefamily]

I looked for an alternate route recently using Google maps and ended up on a dirt track to nowhere. Yet the map said it was a road right through.

Try the Great Central Road, Geraldton to Townsville.  The middle section makes dirt tracks look luxurious, and it certainly feels like it's going nowhere

Carol

Dirt tracks aren't really a problem just Google Maps telling me it went right through instead ending up in a paddock.