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Finding the correct ancestor
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Hilary | Report | 10 Aug 2014 21:30 |
My gt gt grandfather William Moulton was born in Gresford ,Wales between 1822- 1826 and married Sarah Williams from Handbridge . I know his father was John but there are 3 of them in Parish records between 1795 and 1800 . How do I know which is the correct one? |
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Kense | Report | 10 Aug 2014 21:35 |
It may be that none of them is the correct one. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 11 Aug 2014 00:38 |
for our information ............ |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 11 Aug 2014 00:43 |
there are several Public Family Trees on ancestry that have William's father as John |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 11 Aug 2014 01:19 |
there is this record on ancestry |
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RockyMountainShy | Report | 11 Aug 2014 03:53 |
"NONE of them have any documentary evidence, so cannot be believed" |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 11 Aug 2014 04:07 |
sorry, RMS |
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Hilary | Report | 11 Aug 2014 09:13 |
Thanks everyone for your help. I have the marriage cert for William it records John as being a labourer. Sarah's parents were witnesses so no help there. I have looked at census records but he does not appear to have lived with them . There is a John ag labourer who appears in a few census records on different farms in the area but without a wife. :-) |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 11 Aug 2014 09:51 |
Having a source document recorded is not proof either. I can cite dozens of trees on web sites I have examined in detail quoting mounds of documentation, yet are completely wrong, and by the same token many others without any documentation that I believe to be perfectly correct. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 11 Aug 2014 19:26 |
That's really what I meant .................................. |
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