Advice before editing this pre-1700 England profile?

Question

I have information to contribute to the profile of John England. This is what I can add:

• Christening date
• Burial date

These are the sources I am using:

• freeReg

Should I contact one of the pre-1700 projects or know about any style guidelines before proceeding? Thank you!

Comments

Just try to put it in in-line citations if you have the time.

Answer 1

Hi David, my main suggestion would be to make sure you include the citation so that you and others can easily verify the information. FreeReg makes this easy; simply click "Generate Citation" on the relevant record, then "Wikitree".

Here is the FreeReg citation for the baptism, for example:

Shepton Beauchamp : St Michael : Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581832efe93790eca3a61afe : viewed 6 Dec 2020) baptism John England * Oct 1680

If you think you will be doing quite a lot of work on English profiles, you might also consider joining the England Project

Comments

David, I added the above source citation to the profile so you can see where it should go.