Even more important Elaine, get the film of the original record out,. that will save a lot of heartache and misinformtion. Maybe two of the records ie Prish regist and maybe Bishops transcripts it is advised that two records for the same event. Costs only about $7 dollars to view at your nearest Latter Day Saints church. The Parish records have more information on them than the transcribed indexes do. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "brian skehan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 4:02 PM Subject: [B&S] Lesson learnt > Dear List, > Last year we joined ancestry and duly added all my information on my > family from Midsomer Norton.Now I am usually really pedantic about my > research and check and double check and follow up with certificates where > I can.I didn't have much on my GGrandfathers brother Richard but a hint > got me in contact with a lady who was related to him which made me very > excited.For 2 years we have been corresponding and I didn't recheck what > was given to me .Now my new cousin has informed me that at last she has > sent for her GGGrandfathers marriage certificate and instead of Richard > being his father she has discovered it was a James,therefore throwing all > the information I have out the window.Maybe somewhere down the track we > may find a connection and have decided to stay in contact as "adopted > cousins" but this has taught me a big lesson,ie even when all appears > right please don't take it as gospel.You still need to check it all > yourself and follow up with certificates etc where you can.. > I started this email to ask for a lookup but will do so in another email. > Regards Elaine Skehan, > Victoria,Australia. > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 9.0.0.888, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.20620) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 07:39:22 +0100, Edie <[email protected]> wrote: > Even more important Elaine, get the film of the original record > out,.that will save a lot ofheartache and misinformtion. > The Parish records have more information on them than the transcribed > indexes do. > Edie Hi Edie and Listers, I can think of one transcribed index that has the information that is in parish registers. This is the CD of Bristol Diocese (South Glos) Marriage Registers Vol 11 Groom & Bride Indexes & Transcripts 1837-1901 produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk It's a wonderful resource as it shows status, age, the brides' and grooms' occupations, where they lived, whether they signed the register or marked, their fathers' names and occupations, witnesses and whether they signed or marked. Josephine

Of course I am speaking once yuu get beyond the census records which usually give whole families, then you are on your own with only the Parish registers. We know that even the place of birth can be wrong on the census records as well. Also infomtion on maraige certs etc. My mum and dads marraige certificate had as my mums father her brothers name and a totally unkown fther . walter Place as his fther. There are no Walter Place in my familyline anywhere. I know my grandfather was Edward Ernest Place. They wee not illiterate so dont know why they didnt have it altered. I think it costs now to have a cert altered so maybe that was why Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Lesson learnt > Even more important Elaine, get the film of the original record out,. that > will save a lot of heartache and misinformtion. Maybe two of the records > ie > Prish regist and maybe Bishops transcripts it is advised that two records > for the same event. Costs only about $7 dollars to view at your nearest > Latter Day Saints church. The Parish records have more information on > them > than the transcribed indexes do. > Edie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "brian skehan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 4:02 PM > Subject: [B&S] Lesson learnt > > >> Dear List, >> Last year we joined ancestry and duly added all my information on my >> family from Midsomer Norton.Now I am usually really pedantic about my >> research and check and double check and follow up with certificates where >> I can.I didn't have much on my GGrandfathers brother Richard but a hint >> got me in contact with a lady who was related to him which made me very >> excited.For 2 years we have been corresponding and I didn't recheck what >> was given to me .Now my new cousin has informed me that at last she has >> sent for her GGGrandfathers marriage certificate and instead of Richard >> being his father she has discovered it was a James,therefore throwing all >> the information I have out the window.Maybe somewhere down the track we >> may find a connection and have decided to stay in contact as "adopted >> cousins" but this has taught me a big lesson,ie even when all appears >> right please don't take it as gospel.You still need to check it all >> yourself and follow up with certificates etc where you can.. >> I started this email to ask for a lookup but will do so in another email. >> Regards Elaine Skehan, >> Victoria,Australia. >> >> >> >> ======= >> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >> (Email Guard: 9.0.0.888, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.20620) >> http://www.pctools.com/ >> ======= >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >