Posts in October 16, 2016

Records in the United States indicate an ancestor was born in Germany on 29 September 1808. Those records all provided secondary information regarding her birth, but they were all that I had. Records of her baptism in Germany indicated she was born on 29 September 1807. The place of birth is consistent with United States records and the later marriage has her married to the husband she later immigrated with. I know I have the right person. The church record of her birth and baptism is a contemporary one, so that’s what I’ll use as her date of birth in my files–along with the source. I won’t change my transcriptions of the records in the United States as that would indicate they say something they do not. I will […]