Do you know whether the records were checked against the tombstones themselves where they existed? The church records for my Gr Grandfather didn't include his name or his wife's but when I went to the graveyard it was clearly there. Somewhere I think I remember reading that records were made of graveyards where records didn't any more exist or never had. Anna Grace Boyd Foster On Jul 25, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Jan Curtis wrote: > The LDS microfilmed all of the church records in the British Isles > years > ago. > > Of course, church records are only as accurate as the person who wrote > the > entries....many of them were illiterate, so spellings of names can be > wrong.....just like in early U.S. They spelled many names phontically. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janet Hallahan" <jhallahan@comcast.net> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:30 AM > Subject: RE: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > > >> Interesting! So what do we think, are the LDS records the ones for >> these churches? >> > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >

Inscriptions on gravestones are usually what the family designates to go on them.....in spite of what records exist or do not exist. So, once again....we are usually at the mercy of the person giving the information....and if the engraver (mason) got it right !!! Natalie ----- Original Message ----- From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:19 AM Subject: Re: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > Do you know whether the records were checked against the tombstones > themselves where they existed? The church records for my Gr Grandfather > didn't include his name or his wife's but when I went to the graveyard it > was clearly there. Somewhere I think I remember reading that records were > made of graveyards where records didn't any more exist or never had. > Anna Grace Boyd Foster > > > On Jul 25, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Jan Curtis wrote: > >> The LDS microfilmed all of the church records in the British Isles years >> ago. >> >> Of course, church records are only as accurate as the person who wrote >> the >> entries....many of them were illiterate, so spellings of names can be >> wrong.....just like in early U.S. They spelled many names phontically. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Janet Hallahan" <jhallahan@comcast.net> >> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:30 AM >> Subject: RE: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? >> >> >>> Interesting! So what do we think, are the LDS records the ones for >>> these churches? >>> >> >> >> >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >> >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- trees >> > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > >

And old Bible records are awful, in most cases. When I qualified one of my ancestors for the DAR, all I had was a very poorly written page, and the 1st name was spelled strange (1801). I thought "this isn't going to fly....their going to turn this down. But they didn't... I recently had my son Steve put on checking/savings at the bank....filled out the card, he signed it, gave them a copy of his driver's license...Steven K. Curtis. Got a statement from the bank & they had spelled his name Stephen. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Natalie" <natwick@comcast.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > Inscriptions on gravestones are usually what the family designates to go on > them.....in spite of what records exist or do not exist. So, once > again....we are usually at the mercy of the person giving the > information....and if the engraver (mason) got it right !!! Natalie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:19 AM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > > > > Do you know whether the records were checked against the tombstones > > themselves where they existed? The church records for my Gr Grandfather > > didn't include his name or his wife's but when I went to the graveyard it > > was clearly there. Somewhere I think I remember reading that records were > > made of graveyards where records didn't any more exist or never had. > > Anna Grace Boyd Foster > > > > > > On Jul 25, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Jan Curtis wrote: > > > >> The LDS microfilmed all of the church records in the British Isles years > >> ago. > >> > >> Of course, church records are only as accurate as the person who wrote > >> the > >> entries....many of them were illiterate, so spellings of names can be > >> wrong.....just like in early U.S. They spelled many names phontically. > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Janet Hallahan" <jhallahan@comcast.net> > >> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:30 AM > >> Subject: RE: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > >> > >> > >>> Interesting! So what do we think, are the LDS records the ones for > >>> these churches? > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >> > >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- trees > >> > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > >