Drely on a transcript; always go back to the original ‘Don’t ‘Don’t document if at all possible.’ That’s a very common and sensible piece of advice to impart to anyone researching their family history. However… things aren’t always what they seem to be… A prime example are documents relating to my greatgrandmother Emma Turner, née Paling. If you take them at face value, she was baptised a week before she was born!
My late father knew her well – his Granny Turner– as
