Proving Parish Register entries incorrect… First, I apologize for any confusion this post, with its many people of the same name will cause and completely understand if you abandon reading it! In the genealogy world, it's generally acknowledged that the record created closest to the time of the event will be the most accurate. As we know, however, there are always exceptions to this unofficial rule.

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Which Elizabeth Beake…Part 4… In my last Beake-related post, I outlined the various documents I managed to track down related to my cousin 7x removed, Elizabeth Beake, daughter of William Beake and Mary Gibbs (click image to enlarge): Elizabeth came from a very big family - she was the fourth child whose baptism entry I found in the register at St Nicholas in Ash-next-Sandwich.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun… Create a 500 Word Biography Using AI From a Genealogical Sketch/Notes/Timeline/AMT Facts While in general I don't use generative AI (for a variety of reasons), I decided to accept Randy's challenge for this week. Here's the assignment he set us: 1) Select an ancestor, and a genealogical sketch (or research notes, or a timeline, or Ancestry Member Tree profile, etc.) for that ancestor and create a PDF of the sketch/notes/timeline/AMT Facts page/etc.

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Which Elizabeth Beake…Part 3…collecting evidence… Gathering the documents necessary to write this next profile took a lot of time and is a perfect example of how analysis and correlation are necessary to our process. Separating the eldest of the three cousins named Elizabeth Beake from the younger two proved fairly straightforward, based on her age and location (click image to enlarge): I was fortunate she remained in the same general area throughout her life.

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