Where in the World am I from?

[philipsearching]

Everything you have been given is a clue about where to look for REAL records, some have even given you the record cites so you can check those, NOTHING is real until you check those real records and NO one else's TREE online is real, they are NOT records and again you need to research and find the real records before you can know if they are real or not

iluleah is right!  Never assume another person's tree is correct.  I found an online tree in which my maternal grandmother's father's father married my maternal grandfather's father's mother- quite an achievement since they were living on opposite sides of the Atlantic and never met!  If you add information from other people to your tree quote the source so you can double-check it against original records later.

All the best
Philip

[JWKanney]

Thank you all for your input as I know well enough not to trust another's tree. I also have found that it's hard to trust "official" documents. Witnessing how much my last name has changed will confirm that. Right now, each piece is a small piece of a larger puzzle that I'm not sure will ever be completed. I'll keep trying though.

[Ladyhawk]

Thank you all for your input as I know well enough not to trust another's tree. I also have found that it's hard to trust "official" documents. Witnessing how much my last name has changed will confirm that.

You didn't mention names just purely out of curiosity who did they name as Charles and Catherine 's parents?

Right now, each piece is a small piece of a larger puzzle that I'm not sure will ever be completed.
I'll keep trying though.

Good luck 

[iluleah]

Thank you all for your input as I know well enough not to trust another's tree. I also have found that it's hard to trust "official" documents. Witnessing how much my last name has changed will confirm that. Right now, each piece is a small piece of a larger puzzle that I'm not sure will ever be completed. I'll keep trying though.

You have no option but to trust them( documents that is, not trees)  as far as researching your ancestry is concerned they are historic records as long as you are looking at the real records themselves, as there is nothing better to look at or prove another way.
In so far as name changes, that can come down to their choice, my great grandfather started his life with one full name, middle name and surname and changed it , swopped them around during his lifetime several times and died/buried with  a completely different name and surname to what he was registered/baptised with, so if I was relying on a name only I would never have found any of his records
It is also ability/literacy of our ancestors and if they could read/write even then names were written as they sounded ( not how we assume what is now 'correct' spelling) and/or people who could read and write wrote the name on the records, so you can get 10 real records in one year each with a different name on it or spelt differently, thankfully a name in isolation is not what we research