John wrote: ... > For me the great challenge, the unattainable Holy Grail, is the linkage of > the earlier trees. I recall you have already undertaken geographical analyses > but is there any mileage to be gained from a (post-Wimbledon/Euro 2004) > pursuit of the total population of pre-1700 K/Nibb/s? Can we just list them- not > worrying about connections at this stage- every pre-1700 waif and stray. How > many would there be? What geographical clusters? The areas where there are > none? None because there are none? Or because no research has been done there? > > Can the call, therefore, go out for any pre 1700 K/Nibb/s, ticking off the > Record Offices that have been scoured and those still to do? No urgency- just > a seperate and discreet mission, where this head count can be enjoyed and > celebrated. A waste of effort? Already undertaken? > I've offered to look into the feasability of extracting all pre 1700 K/NIBB/S from the database. It would of course duplicate and supplement what's already available - ie the IGI and VRI. The additions would be those parishes not covered by the Mormons but indexed by various Family History Socieies or lone researchers who have contributed to the K/NIBB/S database. If the extract was a gedcom extract, a geographical analysis might then be undertaken using a proprietary program. However thinking aloud, perhaps I could somehow use the 'flags' within the Atari database to issue 10 separate gedcoms of pre 1700 K/NIBB/S. The flags are my own geographic areas which I set up from the very start. They are not particularly scientific but group together all K/NIBB/S with connections in egs of three of them:- (1)Warwicks, (2) Oxf/Derby/Notts, (3) London/the home Counties/Yorks! Someone who moved from Warwicks to London would, however, appear in both gedcoms but that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. It would take me a while to do it this way but not impossible. Mark you I have already tried myself to make the connections and do so each time I go back on a 19/20th century tree. The exercise would though enable others listers to bring their expertise to bear on the possible linkages and I would hope that any successes would be shared amongst the group. To avoid duplication of effort, we could perhaps split the gedcoms between us eg John could undertake Leics/Lincs and liaise with whoever opted to research an adjoining region. The whole thing will be that much more worthwhile, I feel, once the second edition of the Natonal Burial Index is available. Indeed, I'm pinning my hopes on it! Of course, the NBI goes beyond anything the Mormons have covered and I'm hoping the new edition will extend to areas where hitherto unknown pockets of K/NIBB/S removed/were located - or shows that they were confined to those areas already researched. If we know eg a particular John died in infancy/childhood that would lessen the number of possible John forbears of a branch of K/NIBB/S. The 'Dossier' at the website could be extended to include the Record Offices visited by myself and others. A new contact is going to Lincoln this week. What do other listers think? bfn Alan Alan Jackson Host at The K/NIBB/S One Name Study & Mailing List Website address http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knibbetc Did you know? Earlier postings to the list are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KNIBB-L/ Please follow log-on instructions when you first visit!