Yes, what Jenny says is true -- if you don't list them as two separate people I'd certainly add that possibility in the notes.
Pat On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: > On 12/04/2016 19:29, Ed Ladendorf wrote: > > Although I have to question the source, I do have sources from > familysearch.org for siblings, one of which is almost certainly a direct > ancestor of mine. Here's the problem: These are from the same parents - one > name listed is Petri Schommer 1799 - ?. The other is Petri Josephus > Schommer (note name similarities) 1801 - ?. Both records were submitted by > the same contributor, on the same day. The only difference in citing the > source (IGI index) is that part of one citation is 2:1:MGHL, while the > other is 2:1:MRSV. My gut feeling is that one of these is wrong, and they > are the same person. This whole family is new for me, with the exception of > my direct ancestor, b 1799. I have only secondary sources for the birth. I > found six siblings. Pertaining to entering this in a database, how would > you handle that? I would appreciate ideas, since I have not entered them > yet. > > > Why do you believe that these two entries are the same person? It is not > uncommon (certainly in England) for a child to be given the same (or a > similar) name as an earlier sibling which died. I even have one instance > of two brothers being named Edward John and John Edward, both of them > surviving childhood. The patron who submitted these records obviously > believed them to be 2 different children and I would treat them as such > until I could confirm otherwise, but the priority would be to do my own > research. > > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > >
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