Mary RICKARDS - BRAIN 1839 Lydney (General)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Saturday, June 06, 2009, 19:43 (5722 days ago) @ Barbara B

In looking at the record on the Family Search website it states the record as being Mary Richards BRAIN. If you dig a little deeper It also states, Extracted from microfilm copies of parish registers and bishop's transcripts

At a guess the IGI entry was taken from the Bishops Transcripts which often differs from the parish records from which our record was transcribed from and lists her as Mary RICKARDS

As our transcripts for this record were taken from microfiche so we would not be able to send you a copy of the entry. There does not however appear to be any reason to suggest that the record has been transcribed by us incorrectly.

You must remember that things were a lot different in that period of time to what they are today. It was very common then to see these type of differences on records.

Personally I would not be concerned with the differences you see on the records as everything points to Mary RICKARDS as being the daughter of George RICKARDS and Sarah BRAIN but to satisfy your own mind send for the birth certificate if you wish.