Liz: Many times there are items in the original parish registers that tell us things we need to know, and that were not transcribed. For instance, her age, or the parish in which she was born. The parish clerk often wrote notes at the bottom of the page about people on that page and these are NEVER transcribed into any database. It is therefore necessary to go to the record office - in your case, North Devon - to see a microfilm of the "real" pages. Unless of course the LDS microfilms are exactly the same ones in which case you could order them in to your local FHS. But, you MUST see the originals just in case. IGI and other online sources are just not efficient resources - they serve only to point you in a direction - right or wrong direction - its a gamble in many cases. So, take it from someone who has been doing this for 40 years - go to Devon or see the originals the best way you can - its the only way - and you still might not get your answer. Often we meet a brick wall that is truly insurmountable!! Not all documentation survives or was even made for us to find. Sher At 03:32 PM 07/01/2014 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Paul, > >Thank you for investigating on my behalf. I agree that Ann quite likely at >a minimum had legal right to settlement in Hartland by the time she gave >birth since the parish didn't have her removed. I also agree that it is >possible that "my" Ann was the Ann born 'illegitimately' to Elizabeth Evans >in 1779. The 1779 Ann would also be a good age match for John Kinsman as >the best candidate for John is the John Kinsman baptized in 1773 in >Hartland. But since I have no records so far to suggest anything about >Ann's age, parentage, birth place, etc, I do not know whether she actually >is the Ann born to Elizabeth Evans. I've been trying to find some record >that I can definitively tie to "my" Ann that would give me a little more >information on her so that I could get a better idea of whether she really >is, for example, the Ann born to Elizabeth Evans or not. > >I apologize if I was not clear enough in my previous email. When I said >that I have baptism records I meant that I have copies of the original >records, not transcriptions. > >Thanks again, >Liz Loveland >Massachusetts, USA >------------------------------------------ >The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and >the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >List archive for Devon can be found at >http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message >Internal Virus Database is out of date. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5704 - Release Date: 03/25/13 >19:45:00