tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post6743315165436277210..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Strategies to Resolve Uncertain ConnectionsJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-14966205232182346112016-03-12T10:28:31.572-07:002016-03-12T10:28:31.572-07:00You are correct that it is not always as it seems:...You are correct that it is not always as it seems: In the span of 28 years, thanks to the Military, we moved into the SAME house 3 times, but in between we lived in two other states and one foreign country. And in one of those states we lived in the same city also three different times, though not at the same address! Since clearances were involved, I took careful notes of all the dates and addresses, and now that I "have been bitten by the genealogy bug", I have dutifully transcribed those notes into my genealogy software. Annick H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-55635735666426766212016-03-12T10:06:08.712-07:002016-03-12T10:06:08.712-07:00Thanks for that insight. The kinds of records vary...Thanks for that insight. The kinds of records vary from locality to locality, but the concept that we should look to additional records remains the same. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-56352442432314174402016-03-12T09:55:31.170-07:002016-03-12T09:55:31.170-07:00In reply to your title Strategies to Resolve Uncer...In reply to your title Strategies to Resolve Uncertain Connections I would say certainly here in the UK there are a number of records that could be used to give weight to any supposition.<br /><br />For example take the census question here in the UK the latest available census would be the 1891, 1901 and 1911 census. If you found your great-grandfather and his family mentioned in each of those census you could then look at electoral registers to see if he did in fact stay at the same address for all that time. Electoral registers were at first compiled annually but later biannually.<br />This means you could narrow the timescale down to periods of six months. <br />This would not of course rule out trips in between the days the registers were compiled.<br /><br />It is always almost impossible to determine if a man is the father of a child for a number of reasons.<br /><br />In the case of women things are different, due to the legislation all women did not get the vote until late therefore they would be less likely to show on electoral registers as the do today. But due to incubation terms we can work out far more easily if a child could be excluded from being the child of a particular woman by the birth of her other children, not foolproof but a useful check.<br /><br />Other strategies include checking wills to see if the subject is mentioned in any will; assembling mini pedigrees of families of the same surname in the appropriate locations for the relevant period, checking birth, baptism (less popular in modern times), marriage and burial & death registers to rule out individuals.<br />There are also other types of records such as school registers that many not provide proof of parentage but can add weight to a supposition.<br /><br />Cheers<br />Guy<br />Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661609230878792638noreply@blogger.com