Author Topic: Grave at St Leonard's Bilston  (Read 1062 times)

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Re: Grave at St Leonard's Bilston
« Reply #9 on: Monday 12 August 19 12:48 BST (UK) »
I agree Rosie, I have just had another look at this.

On Findagrave the entry "MILLINGTON Richard 43years 13 Feb 1814 Bilston W.Leigh" has been entered under the heading "Inscription".  This information is actually from the entry in the burial register, not from the actual grave stone.  I think the information has been taken from the St. Leonard's burials on this site http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/resources/indexes

It seems the person who created the memorial has written a program to extract information from large databases and upload the information to Findagrave. He mentions this in his bio. I think errors have been made by using this method and gives misleading information as it is entered under "Inscription".  As I mentioned in a previous post there are not 18,000+ graves at St. Leonard's.

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Spooner - Monmouthshire & Wolverhampton.
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Dod(g)son - Heysham/Liverpool/Wolverhampton

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Re: Grave at St Leonard's Bilston
« Reply #10 on: Monday 12 August 19 13:32 BST (UK) »
That entry is misleading. 

It seems they are more interested in quantity than quality, what a shame.   
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Re: Grave at St Leonard's Bilston
« Reply #11 on: Monday 12 August 19 14:08 BST (UK) »
The Findagrave member has added over 300,000 memorials, so there could be a lot of mislead people out there if he has listed the information under inscription.  >:(
Robbins - Wolverhampton.
Spooner - Monmouthshire & Wolverhampton.
Warner & Loundes - Dudley/West Bromwich.
Dod(g)son - Heysham/Liverpool/Wolverhampton