Hello, I have just bought the Staffordshire Parish Registers Society Transcripts for Alton St Peter and it has left me a little puzzled. I had hoped to find further information about the Woolley family and, indeed there is quite a lot of information about them over and above the Familysearch results. However I can't find the marriage of Robert Woolley and Mary Mellor in April 1767, which I had earlier found in Familysearch. I know Familysearch has its limitations, especially submitted information but in this case there is an Index Project number - M03216-3 and a source number - 1278803. These are the same numbers as for the marriage of John Woolley and his bride Mary Grindley on the 17th of October 1763 which I have found on the Transcripts exactly as on Familysearch. I would be inclined to think that Familysearch somehow got it wrong for Robert and Mary but the Transcripts do show the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth, to them in Alton in August 1768. I would appreciate some thoughts. Helen

FreeReg has an entry for this couple. I don't know if this entry has more information than FamilySearch http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Marriages&RecordID=1400843 County Staffordshire Place Alton Church St Peter Register Number 114 Marriage Date 21 Apr 1767 Groom Forename Robert Groom Surname WOOLLEY Groom Age Groom Parish Cauldon Groom Condition Groom Occupation Groom Abode Bride Forename Mary Bride Surname MELLOR Bride Age Bride Parish Bride Condition Bride Occupation Bride Abode Groom Father Forename Groom Father Surname Groom Father Occupation Bride Father Forename Bride Father Surname Bride Father Occupation Witness One Forename Joseph Witness One Surname MASGREAVE Witness Two Forename John Witness Two Surname BOULD Notes Lic. He signs X. She signs X. File Number 12907 -----Original Message----- From: Helen Hudson Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 10:13 AM To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] PR Transcripts accuracy query Hello, I have just bought the Staffordshire Parish Registers Society Transcripts for Alton St Peter and it has left me a little puzzled. I had hoped to find further information about the Woolley family and, indeed there is quite a lot of information about them over and above the Familysearch results. However I can't find the marriage of Robert Woolley and Mary Mellor in April 1767, which I had earlier found in Familysearch. I know Familysearch has its limitations, especially submitted information but in this case there is an Index Project number - M03216-3 and a source number - 1278803. These are the same numbers as for the marriage of John Woolley and his bride Mary Grindley on the 17th of October 1763 which I have found on the Transcripts exactly as on Familysearch. I would be inclined to think that Familysearch somehow got it wrong for Robert and Mary but the Transcripts do show the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth, to them in Alton in August 1768. I would appreciate some thoughts. Helen ****************************** 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

Thank you so much, that's really helpful. John Bould, the witness is also a direct ancestor from a later marriage in the area and I have long suspected that there was a link between the Cauldon Woolley family and this Robert. I will just have to keep digging. Helen -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: 10 December 2012 14:38 To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] PR Transcripts accuracy query FreeReg has an entry for this couple. I don't know if this entry has more information than FamilySearch http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Marriages&RecordID =1400843 County Staffordshire Place Alton Church St Peter Register Number 114 Marriage Date 21 Apr 1767 Groom Forename Robert Groom Surname WOOLLEY Groom Age Groom Parish Cauldon Groom Condition Groom Occupation Groom Abode Bride Forename Mary Bride Surname MELLOR Bride Age Bride Parish Bride Condition Bride Occupation Bride Abode Groom Father Forename Groom Father Surname Groom Father Occupation Bride Father Forename Bride Father Surname Bride Father Occupation Witness One Forename Joseph Witness One Surname MASGREAVE Witness Two Forename John Witness Two Surname BOULD Notes Lic. He signs X. She signs X. File Number 12907 -----Original Message----- From: Helen Hudson Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 10:13 AM To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] PR Transcripts accuracy query Hello, I have just bought the Staffordshire Parish Registers Society Transcripts for Alton St Peter and it has left me a little puzzled. I had hoped to find further information about the Woolley family and, indeed there is quite a lot of information about them over and above the Familysearch results. However I can't find the marriage of Robert Woolley and Mary Mellor in April 1767, which I had earlier found in Familysearch. I know Familysearch has its limitations, especially submitted information but in this case there is an Index Project number - M03216-3 and a source number - 1278803. These are the same numbers as for the marriage of John Woolley and his bride Mary Grindley on the 17th of October 1763 which I have found on the Transcripts exactly as on Familysearch. I would be inclined to think that Familysearch somehow got it wrong for Robert and Mary but the Transcripts do show the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth, to them in Alton in August 1768. I would appreciate some thoughts. Helen ****************************** 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 ****************************** 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

Familysearch derive their data from the Bishops Transcripts. SPRS derive their data from the original Parish Register. The BTs are supposed to be exact copies of the PR - however, you often something included in one but not the other! Regards Sue -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Helen Hudson Sent: 10 December 2012 14:13 To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] PR Transcripts accuracy query Hello, I have just bought the Staffordshire Parish Registers Society Transcripts for Alton St Peter and it has left me a little puzzled. I had hoped to find further information about the Woolley family and, indeed there is quite a lot of information about them over and above the Familysearch results. However I can't find the marriage of Robert Woolley and Mary Mellor in April 1767, which I had earlier found in Familysearch. I know Familysearch has its limitations, especially submitted information but in this case there is an Index Project number - M03216-3 and a source number - 1278803. These are the same numbers as for the marriage of John Woolley and his bride Mary Grindley on the 17th of October 1763 which I have found on the Transcripts exactly as on Familysearch. I would be inclined to think that Familysearch somehow got it wrong for Robert and Mary but the Transcripts do show the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth, to them in Alton in August 1768. I would appreciate some thoughts. Helen ****************************** 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