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Fake documentation? [8 March 2018]
Are these legit?
[1]--Pepperkorn 20:08, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
- not sure what the question is asking, so forgive the basic background.
- familysearch.org is a website run by the Mormon church. Over the last several decades Mormon workers have filmed town and church records around the world. They have literally millions of microfilms. In the old days you had to essentially rent them and view them at a Family History Center, but they are slowly putting them on line, a project they hope to finish 2020. So yes, these are images of actual records.
- However, both links returned by the search appear to be too neat to be originals. When record books became old, or for redundancy, towns often made copies and these both appear to be copies. Frequently, the Mormon films do not seem (my opinion) to include the original record books - probably because it no longer exists or it is too brittle to even film. And, of course, every time something is copied, its reliability diminishes. Of course even originals can contain human errors, etc., but as a general rule, the closer to original the better. Often the title page will give a date the copy is made, or include the commission of the copier, etc. The beginning of the first item says it was prepared by William Barry in 1847. The second has nothing to indicate its status, but the records have such a uniform appearance, there seems to be of only one hand, with few cross outs, and other features that are hard to achieve when recording ad hoc events as they come to the town clerk's notice. It has more of the look of a copy made all at one time.
- Both images agree with the published Vital Records already cited on the page. Usually, the compiler of the published vital records did have access to the original, plus other sources like church records, etc. So they tend to be very high quality even though they amount to a copy themselves... --Jrich 23:46, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Aaron Baird is an ancestor and I didn't know if it was appropriate to add him as her husband or not. Some of the Streeter siblings have spouse information some do not. Just making sure he wasn't intentionally left off for poor documentation. I'm new - thanks for your patience! I love this site - one of the few I trust!--Pepperkorn 18:10, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
- I wasn't aware you were asking about the marriage records, since the search you gave seems targeted to the birth, and was only responding to the birth records. Most of the children have been added simply because all their births are in one book, and if one is going to do one, one might as well do the whole family. But Elizabeth has not been studied, and who her husband was, or wasn't, is not indicated by any posting so far. So it is appropriate to add Aaron Bard. On 16 May 1757, "Elebeath Bard" gave a receipt to her mother "Catharine Streeter" indicating she had received her share of her father's estate. See here. --Jrich 21:32, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
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