Very good points to make! Thanks. Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 12:05 PM Subject: Re: OH-CLEVELAND-IRISH-D Digest V00 #151 > Hello all. > > I must second what Carole has said. Although the LDS has parish records for > all of SCotland, I am now going through, frame by frame, the marriage > records. They are much more detailed, since they provide the occupation of > the groom and the bride's husband; also their place of residence, which is > not always in the area where they were married. It allows enough detail to > sometimes verify that it is or is not your person. Another example-- I went > through the parish registers for a (thankfully) small British village. One > TANNER family in the whole place. But there was a gap of 20 years before > the name reappeared, with no marriages of the first set and the one son had > died. The 2nd TANNER set, post gap, had a son born elsehwere. When I > looked at THAT film, I found his mother was the unwed daughter of the > TANNERS in Tadley!! If I had not done that tedious work, I would never have > been able to make the connection. Take the time, & do it yourself--- many > IGI entries are dates/locations with @-- this means the researcher could not > find evidence to prove it and made an assumption. The IGI might get you > going in the right direction, but it is only as good as the researcher for > that particluar entry. > > Many of us online folks can offer help, advice, contacts, and the occasional > lookup. Rootsweb volunteers are putting copies of original materials > online-- plus transcriptions. But again, with a transcription, be careful. > SOmeone may have made a typo. Another TANNER example-- I had burial dates > from the parish record (original on film) for the son who died. I then > borrowed the cemetery inscription records. There I found a transcription > with a male TANNER I was unaware of, buried adjacent to the family > patriarch. When I looked through my material again, I realized that this > was the son who died young, but one number had been transposed. So > research, and have fun! If nothing else, it teaches you patience and > perseverance! > > Judith in OH > > >