I don't look at it as making dangerous "assumptions". I look at it as being another "possibility" to be researched. PS: I have been a genealogist for 28 years, and every piece of information in my database has been verified by at LEAST 2 resources. By far, I am not an ameteur. Roy Stockdill <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] > Thanks Jan, that's great.> I keep telling you that you are making dangerous assumptions! The William Cutler posted by Jan may be the one you seek, but on the other hand he may not. For one thing, you said your William Cutler was born at Edgware or Tring. in 1816. A baptism in 1824 is by no means impossible, since many children were baptised late. But as I told you previously, these are simply not the same place at all and they are quite likely to be different men. Enter "William Cutler" with variants on the 1841 census and you get 166 results at findmypast.com. Most of these are Cutlers but a few are Cuttlers (with a double T) and there are a couple of CATLERs that could quite easily be Cutlers also. They are spread all over the country, so you must refine the search. The family that Jan posted, of John and Sophia Cutler at Tring, also had in their household the following: Ann and Eliza Cutler, both 20; William Cutler, 15; John Cutler, 1 month. The William is obviously the one that Jan found on the IGI but his age doesn't equate to a William Cutler born in or about 1816. The Ann and Eliza and John may not necessarily have been siblings of William, since the 1841 doesn't show relationships. And the Ann and Eliza could have been any age from 20 to 24, since ages in 1841 were reduced to the nearest lower multiple of five. Before saying "Great" you really ought to do more research, i.e. as I have suggested several times in the parish registers. You should NEVER construct a family tree just from the IGI and census returns, because you may be in danger of following the wrong family tree altogether. Please take the advice of an expert and one who has been at this game for over 30 years. -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

From: Jan <[email protected]> > I don't look at it as making dangerous "assumptions". I look at it as > being another "possibility" to be researched. > PS: I have been a genealogist for 28 years, and every piece of > information in my database has been verified by at LEAST 2 > resources. By far, I am not an ameteur.> You seem to have misunderstood, Jan! My comments were most certainly not directed towards you but to Diana. I did not wish to waste bandwidth and space by repeating all her comments as well. I was pointing out to Diana, and not you, that it is dangerous to make assumptions from the IGI, especially entries based on private LDS submissions, which she appeared to be doing with her assuming that because John Cutler was married in 1773 he was born in 1748. I also added some information on the family you found at Tring when I found them in the 1841 census. I was also pointing out that there were a considerable number of William Cutlers in the 1841 and Diana should not assume that the one at Tring was hers. As I say, you have obviously misunderstood to whom my comments were directed. I was trying to be helpful to Diana and point out that assumptions are a dangerous thing in genealogy. Hope that is now clear? -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE