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From: Brian Randell <>
Subject: Re: [DEV] Hannabus
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:51:29 +0100
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Hi Teresa:

><<Where is the extra piece of information that has enabled the LDS transcriber
>>to make the decision that Hannabus is a girl?>>
>
>As Daniel has already pointed out,
>
>"The original register will usually be very clear about this, if you want to
>check, since the wording is typically something like "Emblen daughter of
>John Hannabuss and Elizabeth his wife".
>
>Given that the IGI is transcribed from the register - it is most
>probably correct.

Unfortunately none of the Devon IGI entries are transcribed from the
original registers - see:

http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/#ChurchRecords

Cheers

Brian Randell


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