Robert - Some of the entries on the IGI were extracted from parish records and are, therefore, ok. Other entries were submitted by people in the Mormon Church because they were asked to submit names to the Church fathers so that the deceased person could be baptized by proxy in the Temple. I don't think it was done from malice, but from ignorance. Unfortunately, these records are all combined together on the IGI, and one has to look at each entry to find if it was an extraction (transcription) or a submission. I think the FHL is now in the process of sorting all of that out. I'm sorry you encountered some upset people when you told them their records were wrong. I would prefer to know if any of my records were wrong. I've learned to rely only on original records (or a photocopy thereof) because I prefer the truth. Good for you for trying to help. Lynne -----Original Message----- From: robert williams Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Dyfed] The Written word. Many Years ago I had an E.Mail off somebody who had traced their family history using nothing but the I.G.I; Their facts were therefore based on what somebody else had told them,and more importantly, NO research in to the Actual Parish Registers had been done whatsoever. How did I know that? Because I had the Parish Registers here at home. Well,Photocopies of the originals,but the closest you could get,and much better than depending on Heresay,and wishful thinking. Well,You should have heard what I was called after correcting their errors! I was in no way correct as far as they were concerned,as the Mormons or their transcribers more likely, would Never get it wrong! Besides which,They didn’t like the truth thrown their way,coz it didn’t look half as good as they had it written down! Cheers Graham. ================================ Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

We must remember transcripts are transcibed by normal everyday folk ... We rely on 1...what folk think or assume they see.... My mothers name was typed in her marriage cert then signed so there should be no room for error but she is not there on NSW BDM...as Gwyneth Crook but Gwyneth CROCK my own name if often mis written as folk assume that I cant spell my own name and numbers are often mangeled in the same way..even the error of month and day rather than day and month......in many places I see I was born on the 8th of May rather than the 5th of August. In 1 case another tree baring my family had a great uncle comeing to Australia and having a family because his 1st and 2nd nmaes had been mixed so she had not seen him buried ..within miles of his birth place errors errors every where by folk not intending malice............all we can do is tell our stories as we see them as accurately as we can......not taking short cuts and taking nothing for granted Christene no error that is my name..but with a sister Rhondda an aunt Myfanwy and an uncle Glyndyr mum Gwyneth its all ok