Advice before adding of this pre-1700 Doggett profile?

Question

I can add a to the profile of William Doggett. This is who I can add:

• Wife

These are the sources I am using:

• Family tree

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

Answer 1

A family tree is not a suitable source for pre1700 profiles

Comments

Family tree.org is the site and it is run by the Morman Church. It has been the most accuate I have used since I started  on computers (about 1980) That was before it chanced its name and routine on the WEB.

Don McDonald

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You need documents.

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The rules for pre 1700 - cite reliable sources

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1700_Profiles

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 The trees themselves are not always accurate. Sometimes they have no sources and are sometimes patently incorrect  people are linked as parents and children.  (parts of the tree on Family Search linked to my own family are a complete mish mash!) You can use them to find the records.

The baptism linked to Anne (the wife) is in Wood Ditton which is about 15 miles away from Chesterton where the marriage took place. It's possible but of course it might not be the correct Anne Clayton.

These are the  full citations to the linked records ( which you can find under citing this record  ) You can easily paste these into the source section

thus:

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB8Y-N36 : 19 September 2020), Ann Clayton, 1677.

"England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CB1-QCCC : 5 April 2021), Anne Clayton in entry for William Dogget, 2 Jul 1700; citing Marriage, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, Cambridge University Library, England; FHL microfilm