IGI Vs SP

[andy14]

I've been looking for a wedding of william miller and helen smith probably in inverkeithing FIfe. looking on IGI i get a date of 18/11/1794 but nothing on SP. Is this common?
I konw that some IGI enteries aren't correct, so where have they got this
andy

[hume]

Hi Andy,

The marriage is there on SP. However, you may not be finding it due to Millar/Miller spellings.

William Millar and Helen Smith, 18/11/1794, Inverkeithing

hume24

[daval57]

It's on SP in Inverkeithing.
It's under William Millar.
When searching for names like Miller which have alternate spellings use wildcards .... Mill*r

Dave

[hume]

As a (slight) side note, the marriage also shows in the other parish of Mid Calder, Midlothian. Either William (also indexed as Millar) or Helen may have came from that area.

hume24

[andy14]

thanks both I'd tried using soundex to no avail. a useful lesson learnt

[daval57]

hume24 - we must stop reading the same posts
Dave

[hume]

hume24 - we must stop reading the same posts
Dave

We do seem to keep bumping into each other. I think I'll stick to a quieter part around here.

[andy14]

don't leave me

[daval57]

Andy.
It might be worth reading the following posts
It might look a bit daunting but it's not really.  
Could save you a lot of expense and missed opportunities.  

http://www.rootschat.com/links/041v/

http://www.rootschat.com/links/04ht/

Dave