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Manx Genealogy

Re: Lawson BMD 18-06-11
In Response To: Lawson BMD 18-06-11 ()

I'm a little nervous of using census information to make assumptions to 'fill in the gaps' as this information may not be reliable. For example, in one of my families the illegitimate child of the eldest daughter was passed off and recorded as another daughter, whereas as it should have been a grandchild. Sometimes households contain children from previous marriages on both sides, with all being listed just as sons & daughters. And so on.

Perhaps you should be putting the results of your researches on a new page so that not only will people know what they are getting, but they will be able to distinguish between Brian's transcriptions and your work, and also you will get the credit for what you have contributed - the John Morrison microsite even!