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Beginning
Genealogy Lesson #8 DearREADERS,
I am currently working on my DUTTON line in England. For years, we had thought the father of our John Dutton 1693 was John. We received this information from a book on the Dutton family. However, there were no footnotes stating the source of this information. I have diligently searched the records for John Dutton's christening records in the local parish which fortunately are available on microfilm. I have not yet located his christening entry. The real kicker is the total lack of references to any Duttons in the parish registers for the place where the family was reputed to live for three generations. In fact, a review of extant church records for the entire county indicate that Duttons (none with our known given names) are found in only one parish about 50 miles east of the area in question. Getting back to the concept of evaluating previously compiled genealogies... its possible to use them to find good clues. Better still are those family history books that cite the sources of information for each point. Your job is to verify each source mentioned. (You would want a copy of the wills, census, marriage and christening records for your ancestors anyway, wouldn't you?) Determine if you arrive at the same conclusions of relationship as the original researcher. You may have additional information which was not available at the time of publication. Don't be afraid to rock the boat. Locating Previously Compiled Genealogies
For Further Reading: Beginning Genealogy Lessons: http://www.DearMYRTLE.com/lessons.htm
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