I have ancestors who lived in a couple of v.small villages in Worcestershire. As there were big families in those days, there are quite a few people with the same surnames - as well as quite a few with the same given names AND surnames, of course - on the census records and from the FS website. It seems most likely that they are all (or almost all) related in some way, but I don't quite know how to go about sorting them out into family units.
I have managed to put some into their proper places in my tree, but am stumped as to how, with any degree of accuracy, to work out the relationship to others with the same surname.
For instance, there could be a baptism of an Ann Smith, and then a death of an Ann Smith (with no age given). I can't assume that they are one and the same person, because the one who died could have been a woman who'd married into the family.
I'm thinking that if I made a card for each happening (i.e. each baptism, marriage and/or burial), then as more information came to hand (from censuses or wherever), I could add the people to the tree and that would gradually reduce the amount of unknowns.
Or is there a better way?
Any help gratefully received.
STG
I have managed to put some into their proper places in my tree, but am stumped as to how, with any degree of accuracy, to work out the relationship to others with the same surname.
For instance, there could be a baptism of an Ann Smith, and then a death of an Ann Smith (with no age given). I can't assume that they are one and the same person, because the one who died could have been a woman who'd married into the family.
I'm thinking that if I made a card for each happening (i.e. each baptism, marriage and/or burial), then as more information came to hand (from censuses or wherever), I could add the people to the tree and that would gradually reduce the amount of unknowns.
Or is there a better way?
Any help gratefully received.
STG
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