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    1. Re: [CHS] Transcription info
    2. Ruth Genda via
    3. No, Lesley, you're not teaching your grandmother to suck eggs. Thanks for raising this issue. I gave the information available on FMP i.e. from original documents. In the case of Thomas BROUGH there are two docs - a PR and a BT. Both register books are printed and are identical pro forma designed to be completed by whichever registrar performs the ceremony. Here the PR is signed by the groom, so the register was used at the time (presumably having been carried to whichever church) and the BT is a direct copy of the PR. Both state at the top of the page: MARRIAGES solemnised in the Parish of . in the County of . in the Year 18.. This to be completed as and when. In neither case is Saltersford-cum-Kettleshulme mentioned. However, the transcriber (Family Search?) has added to the PR info on FMP *Marriage Place Saltersford-cum-Kettleshulme* . I presumed that this is where the ceremony took place because on the cover/frontispiece of the register S-c-K will have been shown. We are not privy to this, more's the pity. It's hard to believe that the covers of the registers were not photographed - they are certainly viewable on microfiche - and why they can't be added on FMP is a mystery. Lesley, your comment on boundary change is also timely to raise. It points to the importance of keeping maps of the area as drawn at various times. Genuki has identified when changes were made and it's worth checking its website when in doubt (and when sure because sometimes you're wrong!! I know I am.) I've found that Council records also can help. Ruth

    11/08/2014 02:47:34