Hi Jan, The way the IGI can be used with out opening each individual entry is to locate a child that you know defiantly belongs to the family. For later generations I often use the English Census's once I've confirmed the marriage, I can then build a rough starting point for the family group, names, year of birth and places of birth. As I said above I use 1 of the children's names approx year of birth and County. When you locate that child and open and confirm the parents, you click on the batch no. it then automatically refreshes the page and places the batch number in the lower left corner [Batch no]. You simply type PRYNN in the surname of the person your looking for, no Christian name. In the father's names you type Richard PRYN I rarely fill in the mother because there's a lot of variations in how the females name can be entered. Enter a year, enter a time frame from exact year to + or - 20 years and add County. The search will then concentrate only on the PRYN/PRYNN family with all the above criteria contained in that batch only. Press search and all the relevant names appear, eliminate the ones from the parishes you don't want to look at and you now have a shortened list of all male & female children born for the PRYN/PRYNN family in this case in Tywardreath, from say 1830 to 1850. I use a lot more than the IGI and Ancestry, ( I especially know the dangers of trees on Ancestry and always do my own checking of families listed there). I have purchased around 50 CD's of Baptism's in the parishes, Miners Children, Mariners Children, Illegitimate children etc that I'm interested in Cornwall. In the case of William PRYNN 1716; I've used one on baptisms at Tywardreath 1715 -1841, Baptisms of Illegitimate Children in Cornwall Various Parishes 1603 -1901, I purchased the complete Baptism print outs of all the records held by the Cornwall Family History Society for the names of PRYN/PRYNN/PRYNNE & PRINN in Cornwall and an excellent free site I frequently use the Cornwall OPC site. I've even tried with no luck to verify the death of William PRYNN son of Richard PRYN and Anne on 4 Jul 1719 at Tywardreath. I used the OPC site and I have purchased the complete print outs of deaths & burials and monumental inscription for PRYN/PRYNN/PRYNNE & PRINN that are held by the Cornwall Family History Society, with no luck. Late last year I also paid for research to be carried out on my behalf by the CFHS on the PRYN/PRYNN family in Tywardreath and surrounding areas and they also gave me the husband of Joan DADDOW as being William PRYNN ch: 18 Mar 1716 at Tywardreath as being her husband. It goes to show that family history isn't an exact science even the more experienced can get it wrong at times. Thanks for the information on the Parish Locator site I've been looking for something like that for awhile. Many Thanks and Happy Days, from John Newcastle NSW Australia -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jan" <jangmc@bigpond.com> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 2:40 PM To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] WILLIAM PRYN/PRYNN > Hi John, > > How about Wm PRINN in St Veep in 1716, it's only 3.2 miles away, according > to Parloc? There seems to be a whole lot of PRINN, PRYNNs etc there, and > there could be others elsewhere, too, as not everything is on the IGI. You > can download Parloc free...it's a parish locator. > > I'm a bit mystified about not "opening up the individual person". How > else > do you find the parents? > > And any reliance on just the IGI and/or Ancestry, no matter how widely > accepted, is prone to mistakes like this one...it is only an index. EG, > all > the online trees of one of my families have ancestors based on a > particular > marriage where people have followed the wife's name back, as in the index, > but the actual Parish marriage record shows that she was a widow. Tracing > back her 1st marriage, the death of her first husband, etc, gives quite a > different ancestry, and one confirmed by her maiden name being used as a > second name in the family for generations. But I'm just a voice in the > wilderness in trying to correct it, and sometimes you can even be > unpopular! > > Who knows, the original marriage record of William PRYNN and Joan DADDOW > might even say where he was from, tho from memory it might be a bit early > for that. > > Good luck, and, pain tho it is, never rely on someone else's research > unless > they have all their sources documented. Even then I try to verify it. > Might > be why my research has taken decades!! > > Jan > South Australia > > -----Original Message----- > From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Griffiths > Sent: Monday, 19 April 2010 1:19 PM > To: CORNISH-GEN > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] WILLIAM PRYN/PRYNN > > Hi Lister, > > I have a problem with my PRYNN family line. It's been widely accepted by > everyone that I've had contact with and on Ancestry, that William PRYNN > baptised 18 Mar 1716 at Tywardreath > (St. Andrew's? ) married Joan DADDOW at Tywardreath (St. Andrew's) on 3 > Nov > 1736. > > I, like many people when reading the IGI don't always open up each > individual person, last night I opened up William PRYNN 1716 and he died > on > 4 Jul 1719 at Tywardreath. So obviously he can't be the one who married > Joan > DADDOW. > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >