Hi Folks, AS I said in my previous email I am working on putting together a clear and accurate file of the Registration Districts in Suffolk for the period from abt 1841(1836)to 1911 (1937) and am finding conflicting data on the most common websites that cover such data. I have been using The GENUKI site, but it is here I find "errors", in spelling of Parishes and unless one is very familiar with Suffolk, and I am not, they are not easy to check. Also I have been using the maps of R.D's and here again are spelling differences, and in the case of Hartismere RD one parish is not named. That is why I asked if someone had previous experience along this line. Nivard says I appear to be re-inventing the wheel but he is wrong, I am building a wheel for my "Vehicle", try putting a Volkswagen wheel on a Jaguar. What I am trying to do is put a reference file together for a nephew in New Zealand who has not done any genealogical researc, and to save him time while he learns am attempting to put basic references together in one file so he doesnt have to hunt so much while he learns. I apologise for the soap box. Phil White in New Hampshire USA Roots in Sussex and IOW ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Phil Sorry to harp on but you are trying to reinvent the wheel There has been a great deal of work ploughed into Genuki and should there be any inaccuracies or errors I am sure they would be glad to hear of them, rather than try and do the whole thing again You say you have found spelling differences and a missing Parish but don't name them As spelling has been very much a floating affair over the centuries I am not in the least surprised you have found more than one for the same place Perhaps if you mention the places you are having trouble with listers can advise better Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Folks, AS I said in my previous email I am working on putting > together a clear and accurate file of the Registration Districts in > Suffolk for the period from abt 1841(1836)to 1911 (1937) and am finding > conflicting data on the most common websites that cover such data. > I have been using The GENUKI site, but it is here I find "errors", in

The spelling of parish names varied considerably over time and one spelling is no more correct than the other. There's no point in saying 'this' is definitively correct, when 'that' was correct at another time and that's what one should be searching for. Anne South Australia Phil White wrote: > Hi Folks, AS I said in my previous email I am working on putting > together a clear and accurate file of the Registration Districts in > Suffolk for the period from abt 1841(1836)to 1911 (1937) and am finding > conflicting data on the most common websites that cover such data. > I have been using The GENUKI site, but it is here I find "errors", in > spelling of Parishes and unless one is very familiar with Suffolk, and I > am not, they are not easy to check. Also I have been using the maps of > R.D's and here again are spelling differences, and in the case of > Hartismere RD one parish is not named. That is why I asked if someone > had previous experience along this line. > Nivard says I appear to be re-inventing the wheel but he is wrong, I am > building a wheel for my "Vehicle", try putting a Volkswagen wheel on a > Jaguar. What I am trying to do is put a reference file together for a > nephew in New Zealand who has not done any genealogical researc, and to > save him time while he learns am attempting to put basic references > together in one file so he doesnt have to hunt so much while he learns. > I apologise for the soap box. Phil White in New Hampshire USA Roots > in Sussex and IOW