On 2014/01/09 09:16, Doreen wrote: > I am in a bit muddle about an entry on Ancestry. I'm not surprised! > To make it clear, I have included the Census' 1851, 1861, 1871 and the > marriage entry of Harriet SAXTON to whom I am referring too. > I was just checking the 1881 on Ancestry before I got any certificates and > someone has put a correction in (well I think it is a correction?) There is > no other marriages or deaths for my Harriet SAXTON between 1861 and 1881. To me, these are two different Harriet BALLs. Your Harriet's father was Charles. Not Henry. I do wish that people wouldn't try and be helpful by entering women's maiden names as alternative or corrections. They may know what they're doing, but it doesn't help other people. It just confuses the issue and makes it easier to go off down the wrong track. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg