Sorry, chaps.
Talking about parish register research, where would you draw the line at being "reasonably satisfied" without having absolute proof?
I'm nowhere near that point with this couple yet, but I give it as an example for you to guide me.
As mentioned on another thread, I've got a George & Hannah Hudson in Kingston on Soar, Notts. It seems to me highly likely that George was the George Hudson who married Hannah Reeds at St Mary's, Nottingham in 1773. A note on the marriage entry says that George was living in Kingston & I can't find another appropriate George Hudson without going as far away as York or Cambridge. (Thanks to everyone for helping me with that)
So I'm now looking for baptisms for George & Hannah. There's an appropriate baptism for a George Hudson at Worksop, Notts, but I think that's the wrong direction. I think the most appropriate one I've found so far (& I did this before looking for Hannah) was baptised in Cubley, Derbyshire. The search for Hannah Reeds didn't really throw up any Reed/Reeds in an appropriate area, but there were quite a few Rhodes (mainly Nottingham itself) & one Hannah Ride, who was born in Ashbourne, Derbys....6 miles from where George Hudson was born in Cubley.
Now, obviously, I've got to try & look at these Rhodes/Rides/Hudsons to see if they married other people/died & then look at the family naming patterns etc, but I doubt I'm ever going to find "proof". It's Hannah I'm particularly thinking of....we're not yet at the stage where her surname was given to any of the children. If I followed the steps above & everything seemed to point in the right direction, would you just think "Well, I haven't proved it, but I'm happy to stick with that" or what else would you do ?
Thanks
Talking about parish register research, where would you draw the line at being "reasonably satisfied" without having absolute proof?
I'm nowhere near that point with this couple yet, but I give it as an example for you to guide me.
As mentioned on another thread, I've got a George & Hannah Hudson in Kingston on Soar, Notts. It seems to me highly likely that George was the George Hudson who married Hannah Reeds at St Mary's, Nottingham in 1773. A note on the marriage entry says that George was living in Kingston & I can't find another appropriate George Hudson without going as far away as York or Cambridge. (Thanks to everyone for helping me with that)
So I'm now looking for baptisms for George & Hannah. There's an appropriate baptism for a George Hudson at Worksop, Notts, but I think that's the wrong direction. I think the most appropriate one I've found so far (& I did this before looking for Hannah) was baptised in Cubley, Derbyshire. The search for Hannah Reeds didn't really throw up any Reed/Reeds in an appropriate area, but there were quite a few Rhodes (mainly Nottingham itself) & one Hannah Ride, who was born in Ashbourne, Derbys....6 miles from where George Hudson was born in Cubley.
Now, obviously, I've got to try & look at these Rhodes/Rides/Hudsons to see if they married other people/died & then look at the family naming patterns etc, but I doubt I'm ever going to find "proof". It's Hannah I'm particularly thinking of....we're not yet at the stage where her surname was given to any of the children. If I followed the steps above & everything seemed to point in the right direction, would you just think "Well, I haven't proved it, but I'm happy to stick with that" or what else would you do ?
Thanks
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