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RichardEW
RichardEW ✭
September 10, 2022 edited November 30, 2022 in Search

The historical Record has:

Daniell Dalton Christening Date 18 Oct 1636

Christening Place Keelby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Father's Name Daniell Dalton

Mother's Name Grace

I looked at the original scan at a FHC and found that the mother's name is Jane not Grace.

This is on Film FHL 1541933 Image 803. The transcription error occured because the person thought the ampersand was a G. Look at the first in the list of baptisms on this page and you will see a real Grace which is very different from the mother of this record. This error has propogated to Ancestry and FMP. It is a crucial error since this birth links the Daltons of Yorkshire with the Daltons of Suffolk (though Daltons in Lincs).

Note I was forced to select a category by your system that does not match the information here.

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