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Question:IGI versus OXON marriage Index

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Gigi

Gigi Report 19 May 2006 10:14

Hello All, A marriage lookup in the OXON marr index found: 03 FEB 1809 George HUNT of Didcot to Rebecca PAIN at Beckley. In the IGI I found 03 FEB 1809 George TURNER To Rebecca PAYNE Becklay. Any thoughts???? Gillian

Heather

Heather Report 19 May 2006 10:25

Hi Gillian I can imagine someone seeing Pain and writing Payne but I can't see how Hunt would look or sound like Turner. You need to see the original entry. Heather

Janet in Yorkshire

Janet in Yorkshire Report 19 May 2006 11:52

Hi Gillian, Agree with Heather - as both your sources are transcriptions, either one of them could be wrong, or even both. (Was the IGI a parish extraction, or a private submission?) You need to look at original source. Jay

Merry

Merry Report 19 May 2006 11:58

Maybe one was extracted from the Parish Register and the other from the Bishops Transcripts?? Merry

Gigi

Gigi Report 19 May 2006 12:46

Thanks for all your replies. GR is playing up & it has taken me ages to open them!! At last I can update my message. On the IGI entry is says: Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date. I agree, I will have to look at the original entry in the PRs. Gillian