I wonder why Paul comments "typical" for an apparent mistake made by a transcriber? What was the quality of the original handwriting? Although I don't THINK I would have selected "Nasim" as a name choice, I can well understand how it came about. Many a time a pinched o looks just like an s, and some writers' minims could be interpreted as nn, mi, im, or even wi, iw, and additionally with the dot the i being placed anywhere to left, right or immediately above there are many combinations available to the transcriber. If the transcriber is a first-timer and has only just come into the job, it may take many hours before the writing idiosyncrasies become more easily apparent. I felt that the bit of a sneer that was implied was unnecessary, unkind and intolerant. All transcribers are trying to be helpful and to be accurate in a voluntary capacity. So, Paul --- maybe accepting occasional human frailty in our well-intentioned and hard-working transcribers should be your creed for the future. Geoff Ford Sydney NSW Transcriber 1851 Census Kea and 1851 Census Feock Cornwall Online Census Project http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/ukocp.html OPC for Kea Parish Church ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Irving" <pauljirving@ntlworld.com> To: <BUCKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:00 AM Subject: Re: [BKM] PARADINE c1850-1900 I'd say more than "might have been". "Very probably". The IGI, 1871 (apart from mistranscribing Naomi as Nasim - typical!), 1881 (LDS, free online at www.familysearch.org, as is the IGI) & 1891 censuses & my (incomplete) list of Bucks Paradine marriages all seem to agree. The marriage certificate (£7 from http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/ with the reference, which is on http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ ) will give her fathers name. Her birth certificate would give her mothers maiden name. The Bucks FHS (www.bucksfhs.org.uk) will sell you a CD of the 1851 census, which should show George & Naomi with their parents, for a very modest price, & for a little more the Bucks GS (www.bucksgs.org.uk) will sell you CDs of the 1891 census, showing Lizzie & Henry married & producing progeny, & the 1861 census, which I haven't yet seen because it's not yet been published. On sale April 23rd, I believe. You should be able to trace Paradine back quite a way in that area. Greens in the Luton area might be more difficult to identify, as the name's more common. Paul hey wyre wrote: > I am searching for a Lizzie PARADINE that was born (possibly) in Pitstone, > Buck c1866. Parents might have been George and Naomi > > Lizzie married a Henry (Harry) Egbert GREEN in about 1886 > > Any connections out there? > > Judy > BC Canada > > > > ==== BUCKS Mailing List ==== > To view recent downloadable photos of Bucks churches and village scenes, > courtesy of Peter and Kevin Quick, visit: > http://www.countyviews.com > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.8 - Release Date: 13/04/05