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Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 21 Apr 2007 09:57

Has anyone noticed the following: Sometimes when I search for a family in a parish, I get a list of girls born of that surname and no boys' names. This happened last week - my husbands g-g-g-grandfather wasn't given, nor his brothers, but his sisters were. When I went to the record office (Huntingdon) they were all there. It appears the boys weren't transcribed/entered. Today I'm searching for Kerri - I looked at Bennet(t)s from Bakewell between certain dates. Only girls have come up! I'm sure boys were born between the dates concerned! Has anyone else noticed this or something similar?

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 21 Apr 2007 10:25

I've just been searching for a very unusual name - only 33 came up - all in the same area. I looked at a batch number (only 1 came up), then went back to my original search only to find there were only 27 names!!! Where had the other 6 disappeared to???? maggie

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 21 Apr 2007 10:25

These are known as the J and K series. I used to know the reason for this, but I have forgotten it. It has something to do with how the LDS transcribed various records - you do the boys, I'll do the girls. There are of course, both boys AND girls on the original registers! OC

Heather

Heather Report 21 Apr 2007 15:02

Im just jealous that people find theirs on the IGI - Norfolk wouldnt hand any records over so most of the stuff on their for Norfolk and there is very little, is submitted.