Burkes peerage

[Jennarembailey]

I am asking if someone can tell me where the information was found to compile a name for Burkes
Peerage and how can i find this and prove the information.
Elizabeth Blenkinsopp is one of my desendants.

                                               BURKES PEERAGE

Lineage—This is a branch of the ancient Northumbrian house of BLENKINSOPP
of Blenkinsopp, which Camden styles is a right ancient and generous family.
The heiress of the senior line, JANE BLENKINSOPP the only daughter and heir
of THOMAS BLENKINSOPP Esq of Blenkinsopp Castle, married in 1727,
WILLIAM COULSON Esq, of Jesmond House.

ELIZABETH BLENKINSOPP, only daughter of GEORGE BLENKINSOPP, Esq.
of Whickham House, Co Durham, and Humbleton Hall, Co Northumberland,
by ELIZABETH COULTER his wife, daughter of JOHN COULTER  of Prestwich
and Newcastle, a merchant.
Married 5 Dec 1776, ANTHONY LEATON Esq, son of JOHN LEATON, Esq.
by ELIZABETH RAWLINGS his wife, and grandson of ANTHONY LEATON Esq.,
by his wife, a daughter of the family of ORDE, and had a son and heir,
the present GEORGE-THOMAS-LEATON BLENKINSOPP, of Hoppyland Castle, Esq.

JennY

[AlanBoyd]

It would be worth your while to investigate Durham Records Online (pay per view via credits, or subscription.)

https://www.durhamrecordsonline.com

For example they have this record:

Whickham, St. Mary 
5 Dec 1776 Anthony Leaton married Elizabeth Blenkinsopp, by licence 
Witnesses: Shafto Coulter; Richard Blenkinsop

as well as a record for the corresponding marriage bond.

There are Blenkinsopp (various spellings) records from Whickham St Mary going back to 1577.

I should stress that all of their records are transcriptions.

[Zaphod99]

I noticed earlier that somebody had criticized this for being one of three identical requests in different parts of the forum. I can understand this, but I'd also like to make a reasoned counter-argument in favour of posting the same question in more than one place. Here are some points:

1. Audience reach

Different sub-forums or sections attract different readers. A question in one place might go unseen by the people who actually know the answer. Posting in multiple places increases the chance of reaching the right expertise.

2. Time sensitivity

If the question is urgent, the asker may feel justified in maximising visibility. Multiple posts could lead to faster responses.

3. Fragmented communities

Some forums have overlapping but not identical readerships. Posting once might only capture part of the available knowledge base.

4. Searchability

Having the same question in more than one thread means future readers searching under slightly different categories or terms may find it more easily.

I genuinely wonder whether this would be a useful addition to the totally off topic section as well as here.

Zaph

[GrahamSimons]

Burkes got their information from the families concerned who weren't always concerned with the exact truth. I can vouch for that in one of the lines I've been studying.

[aghadowey]

I noticed earlier that somebody had criticized this for being one of three identical requests in different parts of the forum. I can understand this, but I'd also like to make a reasoned counter-argument in favour of posting the same question in more than one place. Here are some points:
...

Any idea of the chaos this would cause if everyone, or even lots of members, posted multiple times on various boards?
Yes, there are times when a topic spans more than one area but linking threads then getting all but one locked cuts down on confusion with people posted the same information in different places.

In this case number 2 (time sensitivity) does not apply. The poster Could have posted ONE topic on England-General board and avoided any duplication.

[Jennarembailey]

Thank you for your replies

On the subject of multi posting.
On the site it says to post to more than one arena to cover all aspects of searching for information.

So why have the moderators decided this is now not applicable.

Alan Boyd
I have all the records for my family as per your suggestion. But just wanted to find out the
Authenticity of the information quoted, I agree with you that we have to question such sites and not just accept what was written in the past.

I shall at all times try to only accept what is the truth when doing my trees.

Thank you all again.
Regards Jenny

[aghadowey]

From Posting Guidelines in the HELP pages-
How to get the best from your post here on RootsChat

As you can see we have divided the site into different Counties, Countries with some extra boards including the Common Room, One Name Studies and Events etc.
This is a simple framework to help you find the right place to put your post to find the best chance of a reply. You may find that your research "straddles" County or Country border, if this is so, pick one and see what happens................! If you do not get a reply after a couple of weeks we can quite easily "move" your post to the other County or Country to see what response you get.
There is no need to duplicate this information >, as the Moderators can move the post to whichever board the poster requires.

https://www.rootschat.com/help/posting_best.php