Notes about these timelines

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0360b541egerdp.png"> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com"><U><IMG SRC="006781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="007781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/photos" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/p"><U><IMG SRC="008781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="009781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/timelines" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/t"><U><IMG SRC="00a781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="00b781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="00c781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="00d781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="00e781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="00f781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="037ee410.png" border=0 width="750" height="65" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="704" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF00FF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FF00FF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="698"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Most of these Timelines, I started to assemble in 2000 to 2001. Since then, I have been adding to them, and also adding new names, as and when I have found a possible connection to my family tree, or have researched them for friends. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 43 WIDTH="698"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Page and Entry numbers in (Parenthesis) are not actually in the Parish Registers, but are given as a point of reference, calculated by counting the pages from the beginning of the register, and entries on each page. In many cases the Parish Clerk neglected to enter the numbers where he should have done. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="698"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Pages are often out of sequence, so I have used the microfiche which was supplied to me by the Somerset Archive & Record Service as standard, excluding any duplicated pages, but including any transcriptions where necessary. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="698"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">As near as possible, I have kept the spellings of people's names, and places the same as was written in the registers. Remember, for many years, there was no standard way of spelling. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="698"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Where the Parish Clark has used one spelling for a persons name, yet that person has signed their name using another spelling, I have used the signature as standard.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="698"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Information in [ ] are estimates from other entries, and should not be taken as definite.  OR is a reference to where the information came from.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="698"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The (?) means that I couldn't be sure of the information given. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="698"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. If you believe that any of the information is incorrect, please contact me. I realize that I am not infallible. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 ><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">For more information on items with a number such as <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Wingdings" >Œ</FONT> after it, have a look at "Research Notes." </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 ><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Much of the early Hemington information come from transcripts made about 1658. </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 43 WIDTH="698"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Similarly, this applies to the Shepton Mallet transcripts.  The transcriber was not always faithful to the original.  For example: I have come across the surname Goodenough, transcribed as Goodanow or Goodenow.  These are simply variations of how the Parish Clark heard the name.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="698"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Wells Cathedral data comes from a transcript made in the 1980s by L. S. Colchester. The entry numbers given here are only an estimate, as I have not seen the originals to verify them.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>