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Don't always take what you see at face value
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 10 May 2009 18:56 |
Have had similar fun and games with my grandfather's brother Josiah - he often turns up as Joseph. I assume he was known as Joe. |
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Teresa With Irish Blood in Me Veins | Report | 10 May 2009 18:22 |
I've had the same problem with my OH's grandfather, Birth Certificate says Edmund Weeks. |
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AllanC | Report | 10 May 2009 12:53 |
...and be careful with census transcripts. 19th century handwriting can be difficult to decipher, even when there are no subsequent markings on the original return. I found a relative given as age 2 on an1861 census transcript but 19 on the 1871 census - and the birth county was Lincolnshire in one and Lancashire in the other. Comparison of the original returns showed the 1861 transcript was wrong. |
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AuntySherlock | Report | 10 May 2009 01:16 |
And particularly watch death certificates. I spent weeks searching on the strength of a parent name on a death certificate. Obtained the birth certificate to discover the name was completely wrong, and that was just the start of the inaccuracies. |
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HeadStone | Report | 9 May 2009 23:59 |
An ancestor was christened Edmund, named Teddy (as a child) in the census, Edwin on his marriage certificate, Edward on his daughters birth registration and back to Edwin on his death certificate although he was then recorded as being 7 years older than he should have been. |