Well today is one of those days that I rarely get in genealogical research. I was able to add up to four generations of Squire Turner's ancestors to my family tree. I have 52 records (excluding any burials I find along the way) to scan from the one film for South Molton, Devon, England.
This has all been due to the serendipitous find of Squire Turner's marriage on a 16mm film. The entry was in the middle of the middle column of what looked to be an A3 page on which the transcriber had copied entries for the Bishop's transcripts. Most of the records are of siblings I do confess for I follow the ASD rule - Ancestors, Siblings and Descendants.
I am finding juditious use of the exact option in FamilySearch as well as the wild card options yield good results. My proficiency in searching FamilySearch has increased markedly. And I am remembering to take a screen dump of my searches for recording because I am doing so much I haven't a hope of remembering it all.
I shall have to return to the Family History Library as I haven't completed even a quarter of what I want to do. I haven't even finished looking at my maternal grandmother's ancestors. Jan has an eye on a fellow Victorian to take over her research trips sometime in the future so there should be plenty of opportunity to come again. Not next year as it will take more than a year to absorb what I have found so far on this trip.
I thought I had become an expert in finding Marriage Bonds and Allegations (required by anyone who married by special licence) - having found a couple under the Deanery of York. It does require a scan of the whole year as the records are filed by year but no further than that. But unfortunately there are no records here for Somerset.
I've not set aside time to look at Poor Law Union records nor Parish Chest information nor Land Assessment records in the appropriate time frame.
So much more to do. Tomorrow I shall look at some of my brick walls again.
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