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What's New (past 60 days)
08 Apr 2018
After many many months and hundreds of hours, all the media files that, disastrously became detached during the import from Ancestry.co.uk, have been re-attached.I say 'reattached' but in truth it was far more than that. The opportunity was taken to critically examine each item to validate its relevance and accuracy. Many of the items were originated by other Ancestry members, with varying levels of due diligence applied at the point of origin.
At the start there were about 2,500 detached items and we have finished with 1,321 attached items. There were many duplicates, many were nothing to do with us at all (cases of misidentification) and many were illegible so, not only could I not figure out who they belonged to, but it would have been pointless re-attaching them.
Also, along the way, about 500 people have been added to the tree - mostly family members who appeared on a census form but weren't on the tree. The principal reason is that Ancestry members would "prove" a single member of a family on a census return, but ignore other family members who had no direct relevance to them. That said, a lot of the duplicates were caused by Ancestry members who had decided to record other family members on a census, but then added the same census form attachment multiple times, one for each family member, instead of linking all family members to a single copy
Many corrections were made to dates because another typical trait from the Ancestry members was to record a baptism date as a birth date and, at the other end of the spectrum, a burial date as a death date.
Discrepancies were identified that could not immediately be resolved and **notes entered to the system to indicate the need for further research. These are our next action items, and Sheila has already made a start (whilst also starting to document the Wheatley / Blampied family.)
Many corrections were made to dates because another typical trait from the Ancestry members was to record a baptism date as a birth date and, at the other end of the spectrum, a burial date as a death date.
Discrepancies were identified that could not immediately be resolved and **notes entered to the system to indicate the need for further research. These are our next action items, and Sheila has already made a start (whilst also starting to document the Wheatley / Blampied family.)
Conclusion
The quantity and quality of data in OurFamilyHistory is much improved as a result of this 'disaster.' Every cloud has a silver lining!
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Individuals
ID | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Born/Christened | Location | Tree | Branch | Last Modified |
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I2719 |
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b. Jan- Mar 1913 | Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 5 Mar 2021 |
I2718 |
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b. Abt 1877 | Enstone, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 5 Mar 2021 |
I109 |
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b. Jan - Mar 1885 | Bicester, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 5 Mar 2021 |
I996 |
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b. Jan - Mar 1884 | Bicester, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 5 Mar 2021 |
I968 |
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b. Jul - Sep 1855 | Bicester, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 5 Mar 2021 |
I1372 |
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b. Jul - Sep 1897 | Bicester, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 4 Mar 2021 |
I803 |
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b. Jan - Mar 1895 | Bicester, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 4 Mar 2021 |
I314 |
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b. Apr - Jun 1892 | Bicester, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 4 Mar 2021 |
I1199 |
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b. Apr - Jun 1890 | Bicester, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 4 Mar 2021 |
I1161 |
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b. Jan - Mar 1888 | Bicester, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 4 Mar 2021 |
I548 |
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b. Oct - Dec 1886 | Bicester, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 4 Mar 2021 |
I753 |
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b. Apr - Jun 1861 | Clifton Hampden, Abingdon, Berkshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 4 Mar 2021 |
I822 |
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b. Oct - Dec 1849 | Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I2708 |
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b. Abt 1840 | Colwell, Northumberland, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I2717 |
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b. 1891 | Ashton, Wigan, Lancashire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I2716 |
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b. 1889 | Ashton, Wigan, Lancashire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I2715 |
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b. 1887 | Ashton, Wigan, Lancashire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I2714 |
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b. 1884 | Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I2713 |
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b. 1882 | Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I2712 |
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b. 1880 | Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I2711 |
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b. 1879 | Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I2710 |
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b. 1877 | Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I2709 |
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b. 1879 | Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 3 Mar 2021 |
I1399 |
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b. Jan - Mar 1847 | Oxfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 1 Mar 2021 |
I1040 |
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c. 4 Jan 1818 | Fyfield, Berkshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 1 Mar 2021 |
I1032 |
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c. 9 Apr 1815 | Fyfield, Berkshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 28 Feb 2021 |
I2707 |
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b. Jan - Mar 1845 | Abingdon, Berkshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 28 Feb 2021 |
I2706 |
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b. Jul - Sep 1840 | Faringdon, Berkshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 28 Feb 2021 |
I2705 |
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b. Abt 1810 | Main Tree | 28 Feb 2021 | |
I414 |
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b. 17 Jan 1813 | Berkshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 28 Feb 2021 |
I1752 |
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b. 1830 | Bethnal Green, London, England ![]() | Main Tree | 27 Feb 2021 |
I1749 |
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b. 1791 | Duston, Northampton, England ![]() | Main Tree | 27 Feb 2021 |
I43 |
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b. 1869 | Main Tree | 26 Feb 2021 | |
I2704 |
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Main Tree | 26 Feb 2021 | ||
I765 |
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b. 1832 | Fyfield, Berkshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 26 Feb 2021 |
I2703 |
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b. Jan - Mar 1861 | Faringdon, Berkshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 26 Feb 2021 |
I416 |
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b. 1830 | Barford, Bedfordshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 26 Feb 2021 |
I2086 |
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b. Abt 1766 | Main Tree | 23 Feb 2021 | |
I793 |
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b. 7 Jul 1907 | Kingston, Surrey, England ![]() | Main Tree | 20 Feb 2021 |
I1236 |
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b. 27 Jul 1896 | Chertsey, Surrey, England ![]() | Main Tree | 20 Feb 2021 |
I2699 |
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Main Tree | 19 Feb 2021 | ||
I1003 |
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b. 13 Apr 1871 | Marcham, Berkshire, England ![]() | Main Tree | 19 Feb 2021 |
I118 |
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b. | ![]() | Main Tree | 19 Feb 2021 |
I176 |
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b. Apr - Jun 1898 | Chertsey, Surrey, England ![]() | Main Tree | 19 Feb 2021 |
I2698 |
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b. Abt 1905 | Main Tree | 18 Feb 2021 | |
I2697 |
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b. Abt 1900 | Main Tree | 18 Feb 2021 | |
I2696 |
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b. Apr - Jun 1899 | Hanover Square, London, England ![]() | Main Tree | 17 Feb 2021 |
I2693 |
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b. Jan - Mar 1896 | Thanet, Kent, England ![]() | Main Tree | 17 Feb 2021 |
I644 |
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b. Jul - Sep 1893 | Hersham, Surrey, England ![]() | Main Tree | 17 Feb 2021 |
I2695 |
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b. Dec 1920 | Kingston, Surrey, England ![]() | Main Tree | 16 Feb 2021 |
Families