Authenticity of unsourced data

KennethJones92

I am attempting to find the death of my g.g.g. grandmother, Susannah Anstey née Laws. Family search has a time line for her (9KZ4-D4F) which shows death at age 48 in the year 1799, but gives no source for this information. Can you give me any clues concerning this information which might help my search?

CDBurk

Hi @KennethJones92

I appreciate your concern when you find a record in Family Tree which does not have documentation for the dates and location of your ancestor's life events.

It might be good to remind you that to develop the Family Tree program, all of the submissions that had been made by FamilySearch contributors over many years were moved into Family Tree as it was developed. Earlier programs included the Ancestral File, the Pedigree Resource File, and the International Genealogical Index [IGI], which consisted of both Community Indexed and Community Submitted records. There are Wiki articles about each of these earlier programs that might be helpful to you. Just go to Search, then click the Research Wiki link and type the name of the program you are interested in learning about.

To review information that might have been moved from one of these programs, click Search, then Genealogies and type in the information about your ancestor. You can often find early sources that were used by those who created a pedigree which included these individuals. To help you learn to use the Genealogies, we believe the following knowledge articles will be helpful.

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-search-the-pedigree-resource-file-and-other-genealogies

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-search-the-contributed-international-genealogical-index-igi

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-search-the-indexed-international-genealogical-index-igi

While it is helpful to know that others have found records which may possibly refer to your ancestor at another website, we hope you will take a moment to do some research here at FamilySearch. Best wishes in your continued research.

Since this post is about finding sources for your ancestor who is in Family Tree, we will move this discussion to the Family Tree Community category where others that may have a similar question can review and add to the discussion. Please don't be alarmed when this shows as Closed in the Other category after it is moved. It will remain open and active in the Community Family Tree Help Center category

genthusiast

@KennethJones92 I cannot verify but find the following burial register from Ancestry which I will transcribe:

Dec ...

6 [1800 from previous page on Ancestry]: Susanna Ans?l?ey [it appears to be an L and not T]

Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Dorset Parish Registers. Dorchester, England: Dorset History Centre. Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, Dorset History Centre, Dorchester, England.

Burial Parish: Poole

Burial County: Dorset

Burial Country: England

So this is a POSSIBLE record that may have been entered on incorrect date (previous year 1799)?

Best of Luck!

KennethJones92

Dear Ms/Mr C. D. Burk,

Many thanks for your most informative reply. I have often felt that I am only scratching at the surface of all the information contained in Family Search and your reply will certainly help me look deeper into it.

Kenneth Jones

KennethJones92

Dear Ms/Mr C. D. Burk,

Many thanks for your most informative reply. I have often felt that I am only scratching at the surface of all the information contained in Family Search and your reply will certainly help me look deeper into it.

Kenneth Jones