Thanks John, I live "too far away" to be able to do any sort of swift lookup - I'd have to order the film through the LDS, and by the time it arrived the subject would be long dead... The chances seem reasonably high that you'll find Ann's marriage - but not her baptism/birth. Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Partridge" <john.partridge10@ntlworld.com> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] MEDCRAFT LOOK UP PLEASE > Has anybody yet checked the Chalgrave PR to see if the Robert Savage > marriage of 1788 actually exists - or are you just relying on the IGI > telling us what it has. In my experience some member submission entries > are > in fact true. I will take a look tomorrow at Bedford library. > > Based on a previous posting in 2006 by the same Ruth perhaps > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BEDFORD/2006-09/1159538037 > > - a chap named Bob has/had the PRs so I would expect the marriage to be > there - but the baptism not. > > cheers John > > c > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gus Tysoe" <gustysoe@tiscali.co.uk> > To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:21 PM > Subject: Re: [BDF] MEDCRAFT LOOK UP PLEASE > > >> What might add a little further mystery is that the baptism of a Robert >> SAVAGE, son of Robert and Ann, on 9 Jun 1789 at Sundon is shown as an >> Extracted Entry... >> >> Ann MEDCALF (so far only reportedly) married on 2 Jan 1788 Robert SAVAGE >> Junior, consistently reported as being "of Sundon". His birth date is >> quoted >> as being 26 Aug 1765 [thus making him exactly 173 years older than me, >> but >> with the difference that I have a birth certificate to prove it!] There >> is >> no entry for his birth/baptism in Sundon's extractions, although what >> would >> seem to be his father's *is*. >> >> >> But before getting *too* carried-away, it may be worthwhile to think >> quietly >> about the IGI as a whole. From a FamHister's point of view it certainly >> has >> Warts, and even Glaring Flaws [the absence of deaths/burials and >> incompleteness] but then just what can you find anywhere that's Perfect? >> Furthermore, it is made *freely* available to all us 'non-believers' when >> there's no outward and visible reason why it should so be - other, >> perhaps, >> than that some of us *might* add to it. >> >> Flaws accepted, there's nothing else that begins to approach its coverage >> and ease of searching. But when all's said and done, it can be no more >> than >> a Finding Tool - and having 'found' something in it the entry *still* >> needs >> to be confirmed by direct examination of the original entry, which may >> well >> contain additional information that doesn't fit the straight-jacket of >> the >> indexing system. >> >> Be grateful for it - Use it - and CHECK THE ENTRIES [*especially* the >> burials!] against the Registers.... >> >> Gus >> >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >> >> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.150/2632 - Release Date: > 01/19/10 > 07:34:00 > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message