But, do not assume that the information from the GRO is always going to be correct. I have had one instance of the GRO Indexes with a mistranscription (TAYTOR instead of TAYLOR) and one copy certificate where I am 90% certain that the witness name was a mistranscribed as I have always "known" that the witness was the bride's little brother (WILSON has become WILSEN) It is derivative and mistakes can be made. Regards Steve On 21/03/2013 23:16, Adrian Bruce wrote: > <<snipped>> > The Marriage record I have of my husbands Grt.Grandfather, came from the > Public Record Office, so it would be considered Tertiary as it was copied > twice > <<snipped>> > This would be > - a derivative source because it's been copied twice - once to produce the > copy sent to the General Register Office, and a 2nd time to produce your > copy. You'd note that in both cases the aim of the copying was to produce an > exact copy - indeed, the copies may be certified to be an exact copy. Again, > it looks a good product; > - it's PRIMARY information about the marriage because the information was > captured contemporary with the event. We don't say it's secondary because > it's been copied - we've already said that when we said it was a derivative > source; > - direct evidence for the date of the marriage, etc. >

<<snipped>> But, do not assume that the information from the GRO is always going to be correct. ... It is derivative and mistakes can be made. <<snipped>> Absolutely - and do not assume that an ORIGINAL is correct either! Adrian B

Spot on Adrian - I have a couple of parish register marriage entries where the bridal couples fathers have been swopped over. Ie the bridegroom's father is recorded as the bride's father - and vice versa. Regards Sue Lote nee DERRY Names of Interest: DERRY, LOTE, RUSSELL, BLOORE, GLOVER, BLAKEMORE, DORSETT, SEAGER, VALANCE, HAYWARD, WEBSTER - All in and around the Home of the BROWNHILLS SAXON HOARD: Ogley Hay, Norton Canes, Walsall Wood, Aldridge, Stonnall, Burntwood. -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Bruce Sent: 22 March 2013 12:06 To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] sources of Research..... <<snipped>> But, do not assume that the information from the GRO is always going to be correct. ... It is derivative and mistakes can be made. <<snipped>> Absolutely - and do not assume that an ORIGINAL is correct either! Adrian B ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message