About two years ago I found some possible ancestors in a village about 7 miles away from where they should be, and just wondered if they were mine! Put on back burner to look at when I had more time:(
Over Christmas I had another look and by looking at each one in turn, I discovered that one had married and a relative was a witness. :D I was ecstatic as said person had moved to relative village and had died there, and my person had obviously married her sister! This has really clinched this family into mine, and taken that brick wall back several years to approx 1696. As there are others in the villages of my interest back to early 1600's, I am now within 80 years of getting that line back, so waits patiently for more to come online! If you can find witnesses on marriage details in this way, that is a wonderful bonus and can really help to clinch a possible into a definite:D
Janet
Over Christmas I had another look and by looking at each one in turn, I discovered that one had married and a relative was a witness. :D I was ecstatic as said person had moved to relative village and had died there, and my person had obviously married her sister! This has really clinched this family into mine, and taken that brick wall back several years to approx 1696. As there are others in the villages of my interest back to early 1600's, I am now within 80 years of getting that line back, so waits patiently for more to come online! If you can find witnesses on marriage details in this way, that is a wonderful bonus and can really help to clinch a possible into a definite:D
Janet
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