Traditionally, and understandably, the normal way of building a family tree is to start with recent records and work backwards in time. However with an unusually surname such as mine, Tackaberry, it is possible to look at older records and work forward in time. With a lot of luck, it may be possible to bridge some of the gaps and find new links.
Now most of my ancestry is Irish and for some time I had been hitting the historical brick wall and not been able to progress the Irish roots back beyond about 1850 or so. However, there does appear to be indications that the name Tackaberry, and the oh so many variants in spelling, existed in Cornwall in the 16th and 17th Century. And curiously a lot of records are for the parish of Pillaton, which is not so far from where I now live.
So for something new to do I am trying to build a tree from theses records and see how far forward I can get. I don't expect great results but is does all add to the understanding of the very extented family tree for a quite unusual surname. Having said it was unusual, I am surprised by how many people on Ancestry have already done this research and built the very tree I am looking to build. However, I am frustrated by the lack of sources that are provided in these trees. I understand that not everyone wishs to publish their sources but all the trees seem to have published the same sources (Ancestry, FMP, FamilySearch etc). Where there are missing sources, they all have the same missing sources yet all have the same links between person A and person B without providing the evidence for the link
For instance Nicholas Tacbery (1610? -1658?) is consistantly shown as the son of Edward Taggaber (1580/81 - ?) and Elizabeth Richman, who married in Pillaton 16 Jan 1610. I can find no evidence for the birth of Nicholas or for the link to Edward and Elizabeth and without any reliable source I will not build that link into my tree, just because everybody has it in their trees.
So am I missing something? Is there information out there to prove this link? Are there other sources I need to be looking at?
This is just one of dozens of example in these trees. I'm not going to be asking for help with them all but would perhaps like help in understanding what, if anything, I am missing and how to prove these links, if at all possible.
Many thanks in advance
Dermot J Tackaberry (Taggaber, Tackbery, Takcabury etc etc etc etc)
Now most of my ancestry is Irish and for some time I had been hitting the historical brick wall and not been able to progress the Irish roots back beyond about 1850 or so. However, there does appear to be indications that the name Tackaberry, and the oh so many variants in spelling, existed in Cornwall in the 16th and 17th Century. And curiously a lot of records are for the parish of Pillaton, which is not so far from where I now live.
So for something new to do I am trying to build a tree from theses records and see how far forward I can get. I don't expect great results but is does all add to the understanding of the very extented family tree for a quite unusual surname. Having said it was unusual, I am surprised by how many people on Ancestry have already done this research and built the very tree I am looking to build. However, I am frustrated by the lack of sources that are provided in these trees. I understand that not everyone wishs to publish their sources but all the trees seem to have published the same sources (Ancestry, FMP, FamilySearch etc). Where there are missing sources, they all have the same missing sources yet all have the same links between person A and person B without providing the evidence for the link
For instance Nicholas Tacbery (1610? -1658?) is consistantly shown as the son of Edward Taggaber (1580/81 - ?) and Elizabeth Richman, who married in Pillaton 16 Jan 1610. I can find no evidence for the birth of Nicholas or for the link to Edward and Elizabeth and without any reliable source I will not build that link into my tree, just because everybody has it in their trees.
So am I missing something? Is there information out there to prove this link? Are there other sources I need to be looking at?
This is just one of dozens of example in these trees. I'm not going to be asking for help with them all but would perhaps like help in understanding what, if anything, I am missing and how to prove these links, if at all possible.
Many thanks in advance
Dermot J Tackaberry (Taggaber, Tackbery, Takcabury etc etc etc etc)
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