Like panning for gold, there may be a speck somewhere, but buried among tons of sludge. Rarely worth the effort when you see the same place given as being in Warks, Essex and sometimes even a county no-one has ever heard of, and it is commonly assumed that a person was born wherever they happen to be found at any time in their life. Most of it cannot possibly be serious research. MAR in France. > Message du 30/08/07 11:48 > De : "Paul Prescott" > A : "Wendy Boland" , warwick@rootsweb.com > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [WAR] Patron Subs on the IGI > > Wendy: > > > I have seen some really dodgy information in the Patron Submissions over the years- especially places of birth so I have labelled them all as suspect. Doing my "Blind Pugh" act again! I shall have another trawl through. > > > They *are* all suspect! But just occasionally there's a real find. Search for example on Drusilla YORK, anywhere in the British Isles. Now, admittedly this isn't a common name, but there's only two, and one of them - the one born in 1858 - gives both parents' names, and Drusilla's date of death, after she'd married and emigrated to the USA! Her parents George & Margaret were my gg grandparents. > > Best wishes > > Paul > >--- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >