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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29 988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	16 Nov 2013 08:46
	A tree on Ancestry has her parents as Anthony Reed and Sarah Towers. The only source is 'Ancestral Trees' ie someone else's research.
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Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 2 426 Send Message	Peter	Report	16 Nov 2013 00:28
	Hi there, My ancestor Mary Reed married in 1840 in Stockton to Arthur Magee. I have the certificate and she states her father as being Anthony Reed, a farmer. She died in 1855 but according to the 1851 census, she was born in Yarm, c. 1813. I have looked and looked but can't find a baptism on familysearch for a Mary Reed, daughter of Anthony Reed. I can find a baptism in Yarm however for a Mary Reed, daughter of James and Mary Reed, who had a son named ANTHONY Reed. Could this a confusion and Mary's father is actually James? Has anyone else had 'wrong' names recorded on official documents? I can take the James Reed line back over but not sure whether to do so or not under the circumstances. Best wishes, Peter