I'm hoping someone can tell me that I'm not going mad. The IGI lists a baptism record for Thomas Wade, son of Thomas and Maria, baptised 22 Jun 1806.
Ancestry have scanned images of this parish register, so I went to look for this entry. The page showing baptisms on 22nd June 1806 is present, undamaged and legible, but does not list Thomas Wade. Nor is his baptism on the pages on either side of the 22nd June entries.
If anyone wants to double check for me, the page showing June 22nd is in Ancestry's London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, St George in the East, 1795-1808 page 142.
The IGI lists other baptisms on the same page of the register, so it's not as if whoever did the transcribing missed the page out. But they've added in a baptism that isn't there.
I know that the IGI is not completely reliable - but when did its contributors start making things up? Or have I forgotten how to read?
Ancestry have scanned images of this parish register, so I went to look for this entry. The page showing baptisms on 22nd June 1806 is present, undamaged and legible, but does not list Thomas Wade. Nor is his baptism on the pages on either side of the 22nd June entries.
If anyone wants to double check for me, the page showing June 22nd is in Ancestry's London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, St George in the East, 1795-1808 page 142.
The IGI lists other baptisms on the same page of the register, so it's not as if whoever did the transcribing missed the page out. But they've added in a baptism that isn't there.
I know that the IGI is not completely reliable - but when did its contributors start making things up? Or have I forgotten how to read?
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