Many, many, others. Many.
And it's all a sham. A waste of time. And why? Because there's one small detail incorrect. One small detail like; John Martin born in Bosham in 1802 is not the father of William Martin, born 1829 in Lyminster, or Birdham, or Sidlesham (depending on which Census you look at).
And nor is his mother, therefore, Patience Savage, born 1809 in Westbourne.
All the hours I've spent going through Parish records and back in to the Census records, tracing through all the descendants to 1901. Wasted.How bloody annoying. And how did this happen?
Well: early in my research, when I was just dabbling, I didn't make reference to the sources of information as I do now. And I was contacted by some relatives on Genesreunited who had already traced some of the ancestors of the people in my tree so, fascinated, I copied them.
So now I have based my research on someone else's findings. Which now turn out to be inaccurate. It appears that I've cut off the branch I'm sitting on, to use a tree analogy.
Damn it! I've got some unpicking to do now!
The moral: NEVER trust anyone else's research. Seriously. Just don't.
:c
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