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Re: Weird LDS parish register "transcription"

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"Steve Hayes"  wrote in message 
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>
>I was checking some family history information on FamilySearch and
>came across this in one of the research hints:
>
>=== begin quote ===
>John George Southern
>England Births and Christenings
>Name John George Southern
>Residence Place Wingate, Durham, England
>Gender Male
>Christening Date 27 Jan 1869
>Christening Date (Original) 27 Jan 1869
>Christening Place Wingate, Durham, Eng.
>Father's Name Richard Southern
>Race White
>England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
>Indexing Project (Batch) Number C00586-5
>System Origin England-EASy
>GS Film number 1514658
>Reference ID 1869 pg.12-96
>Citing this Record
>
>"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch
>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXZB-XHP : 30 December 2014,
>John George Southern, ); citing Wingate, Durham, Eng., index based
>upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake
>City; FHL microfilm 1,514,658.
>
>=== end quote ===
>
>My question is:
>
>Which denomination, operating in Wingate in County Durham in 1869,
>recorded the race of people being baptised, but not the name of the
>mother?
>
>Or is this not actually a transcription at all, but just some clown
>entering stuff that isn't there, and leaving out stuff that is there?
>
>An image of the register was not available when I looked, but I wonder
>if anyone who has access to that particular record can confirm that it
>mentioned the race, but not the name of the mother.
>
>I accept that transcroptions can be inaccurate, but transcribers
>making stuff up is somwething else.
>
>

I think that you will find it is a "function" of the LDS database entry 
pages. They don't always copy the record exactly either rather they just 
take an extract. Their entries are more for their belief purposes rather 
than pure genealogical research hence the need to cross check with original 
sources. Their database does contain a large amount of mistakes re British 
records mainly due to a lack of knowledge of the British system and British 
geography.

Gordon

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Weird LDS parish register "transcription" Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-11-21 20:48 +0200
  Re: Weird LDS parish register "transcription" Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> - 2017-11-21 19:15 +0000
    Re: Weird LDS parish register "transcription" Charles Ellson <ce11son@yahoo.ca> - 2017-11-22 03:06 +0000
      Re: Weird LDS parish register "transcription" Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-11-28 07:52 +0200
    Re: Weird LDS parish register "transcription" Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-11-28 07:49 +0200
      Re: Weird LDS parish register "transcription" Charles Ellson <ce11son@yahoo.ca> - 2017-11-30 00:04 +0000
        Re: Weird LDS parish register "transcription" Charles Ellson <ce11son@yahoo.ca> - 2017-11-30 01:08 +0000
  Re: Weird LDS parish register "transcription" "Gordon" <gordonwb@argonet.co.uk> - 2017-11-22 14:34 +0000

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