As with any Index/transcription, should always be treated with care until the original can be checked. As you yourself have an error in your query by stating 1840 when in fact is in 1830. But with regard to the entries themselves the answer is d) Mistranscription by the FreeReg volunteer. Image of Original PR can be found on FMP. Tim Treeby GOONS (7112) On 24/03/2017 17:50, S TANNER wrote: > Hello all > > What should I make of the following search finding on Freereg? > > Bicker 8 Dec 1840 baptised Priscilla Hempshall (twin) father Henry Hempshall, carpenter mother Priscilla > > SAME DATE baptised William Hempshall, (twin) father Henry Hempshall cottager mother Priscilla > > The discrepancy of the father's occupation could be > (a) an error by the vicar > (b) a correction by Henry in the middle of the transaction, being unhappy with being described as a mere cottager > (c) a whimsical attempt on the part of the vicar and /or the father to show that he could be described as either cottager or carpenter > (d) a mistranscription by the recent freereg volunteer > > Which is most likely - and has anyone come across something similar with twin baptisms? > > Steve Tanner > #4001 Hems(h)all ONS > _____________________________________________ > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Many thanks Tim - I didn't know FMP had original images of Lincs parish registers. As a matter of interest - was it carpenter or cottager? Steve ----Original message---- >From : treeby@ttenterprises.co.uk Date : 24/03/2017 - 18:41 (GMTST) To : goons@rootsweb.com Subject : Re: [G] Freereg reliability As with any Index/transcription, should always be treated with care until the original can be checked. As you yourself have an error in your query by stating 1840 when in fact is in 1830. But with regard to the entries themselves the answer is d) Mistranscription by the FreeReg volunteer. Image of Original PR can be found on FMP. Tim Treeby GOONS (7112) On 24/03/2017 17:50, S TANNER wrote: > Hello all > > What should I make of the following search finding on Freereg? > > Bicker 8 Dec 1840 baptised Priscilla Hempshall (twin) father Henry Hempshall, carpenter mother Priscilla > > SAME DATE baptised William Hempshall, (twin) father Henry Hempshall cottager mother Priscilla > > The discrepancy of the father's occupation could be > (a) an error by the vicar > (b) a correction by Henry in the middle of the transaction, being unhappy with being described as a mere cottager > (c) a whimsical attempt on the part of the vicar and /or the father to show that he could be described as either cottager or carpenter > (d) a mistranscription by the recent freereg volunteer > > Which is most likely - and has anyone come across something similar with twin baptisms? > > Steve Tanner > #4001 Hems(h)all ONS > _____________________________________________ > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _____________________________________________ A walk around the website, by Kim Baldacchino, our webmaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sEz8qKJvcE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message