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Thanks for the replies. Looking at the original - (never knew about that link Mark, I will investigate further) - and it all makes sense. As you say, very few mention the maiden name so the way it was recorded on the FreeReg web site raised the question. And yes, it does seem like clerical error on ...

A parish record is shown on the FreeReg web site at m and records the baptism of Sarah Ann in 1796. What I cannot quite work out is the meaning of the Notes which show "Late Sarah Bishop Spinster". Compare this to the baptism of Christopher in 1794 at m where the notes show "Late Mary...

An interesting idea, one which hadn't occurred to me. The marriage certificate etc. all fits and as far as I know, they were Protestant and this caused a bit of a problem when the daughter married a Catholic - my wife's grandfather. If it had been a strange attitude to death, then I would have assum...

While the traditional layout of a family tree is obviously a logical one, it is an awful one for use with computers. Try adding a few more people high up a complex tree on a spreadsheet to discover how much messing about you have to do. Also try laying out a family of 6 children, each one having 6 c...

Mark's assessment is good and I have been using Ancestry for a couple of years now. You still get the census transcription errors, which often require some creative thinking to overcome, but yes, it is good value for money. One point to note is that Findmypast appears to include the 1911 census as p...

The 1911 census shows a shipyard labourer in Walker, Newcastle on Tyne, with 7 children, although it is an eighth child born in 1915 that is my wife's grandmother. She died last year aged 94 but she told people that she had many brothers and sisters that died young. It is very easy to find their par...