Researching your family tree

[Lord Bracknell]

One thing to beware of is jumping to a conclusion that finding a name on the internet is the same thing as finding the name of someone who is actually related to you.

My great grandmother was called Ann Wright and she was born in 1862. A quick internet search on the FreeBMD site reveals that there were loads of people called Ann Wright, born in England or Wales in 1862. Only one of them is my great grandmother:-

WRIGHT *Ann *Richmond Yk
WRIGHT *Ann *Sheffield
WRIGHT *Ann *Wandsworth
WRIGHT *Ann *Gateshead
WRIGHT *Ann *W Derby
WRIGHT *Ann *Gt Boughton
WRIGHT *Ann *Newport P
WRIGHT *Ann Maria *Aston
WRIGHT *Ann Martin *Bradford Yk
WRIGHT *Ann Ramsey *Goole
WRIGHT *Ann Selina *Islington
WRIGHT *Anna *Walsingham
WRIGHT *Anna Maria *Romford
WRIGHT *Anna Maria *Cosford
WRIGHT *Anne *Kensington
WRIGHT *Anne *Dewsbury
WRIGHT *Anne *Bradford Yk
WRIGHT *Anne *Prescot
WRIGHT *Anne Elizabeth *Shoreditch
WRIGHT *Anne Kezia *Witney
WRIGHT *Anne Margart *Hull
WRIGHT *Anne Maynard *Brentford
WRIGHT *Annette *Melton M
WRIGHT *Annie *St Geo East
WRIGHT *Annie Elizabeth *Witney
WRIGHT *Annie Maria *St James
WRIGHT *Annie Martha *Woodbridge
WRIGHT *Ann *Burton
WRIGHT *Ann *Sunderland
WRIGHT *Ann *Reading
WRIGHT *Ann *Lincoln
WRIGHT *Ann *Thorne
WRIGHT *Ann *Colchester
WRIGHT *Ann *Northallerton
WRIGHT *Ann *Camberwell
WRIGHT *Ann Elizabeth *Walsingham
WRIGHT *Ann Maria *Birmingham
WRIGHT *Ann Vicent *Nottingham
WRIGHT *Anna *Taunton
WRIGHT *Anna Elizabeth *Leek
WRIGHT *Anna Marie *Peterbro
WRIGHT *Anna Marie *Hatfield
WRIGHT *Anne *Newport P
WRIGHT *Anne *Goole
WRIGHT *Anne Hill *Derby
WRIGHT *Anne Louisa *Shoreditch
WRIGHT *Anne Maria *Royston
WRIGHT *Annie *Potterspury
WRIGHT *Annie *Lexden
WRIGHT *Annie *Gt Boughton
WRIGHT *Annie *Altrincham
WRIGHT *Annie Jane *Bakewell
WRIGHTT *Ann *Belper
WRIGHT *Ann *Durham
WRIGHT *Ann *Whitby
WRIGHT *Ann *Newcastle T
WRIGHT *Ann *Carlisle
WRIGHT *Ann *Greenwich
WRIGHT *Ann *Southam
WRIGHT *Ann *Nuneaton
WRIGHT *Ann *E Grinstead
WRIGHT *Ann *Mansfield
WRIGHT *Ann Elizabeth *Hunslet
WRIGHT *Anna Eliza *Amersham
WRIGHT *Anna Maria Susan *Aylsham
WRIGHT *Anne *Derby
WRIGHT *Anne *York
WRIGHT *Anne Emma *Brecknock
WRIGHT *Anne Louisa *Stockton
WRIGHT *Annette Louisa *Melton M
WRIGHT *Annie *Newcastle L.
WRIGHT *Annie *W Derby
WRIGHT *Annie Elizabeth *Newark
WRIGHT *Annie Elizabeth *Chesterfield
WRIGHT *Annie Livina *Newbury
WRIGHT *Annie Louisa *Tewkesbury
WRIGHT *Annie Maria *St Luke
WRIGHT *Ann *Stockport
WRIGHT *Ann *Faversham
WRIGHT *Ann *Sheffield
WRIGHT *Ann *Wigan
WRIGHT *Ann *Kidderminster
WRIGHT *Ann *Thrapston
WRIGHT *Ann *Rothbury
WRIGHT *Ann *Ormskirk
WRIGHT *Ann *Hinckley
WRIGHT *Ann *Bethnal Gn
WRIGHT *Ann *Sunderland
WRIGHT *Ann *Newcastle T
WRIGHT *Ann *York
WRIGHT *Ann Eliza *Stockport
WRIGHT *Ann Elizabeth *Glanford B
WRIGHT *Ann Lunn *Sleaford
WRIGHT *Ann Mary *Spalding
WRIGHT *Ann Montague *Birmingham
WRIGHT *Anna Maria *Oundle
WRIGHT *Anna Maria *Pancras
WRIGHT *Anne *Bradford Yk
WRIGHT *Anne *Howden
WRIGHT *Anne Eleanor *Greenwich
WRIGHT *Anne Jane *Spalding
WRIGHT *Annie *Dewsbury
WRIGHT *Annie *Leeds
WRIGHT *Annie *Epsom
WRIGHT *Annie *Holborn
WRIGHT *Annie *Easington
WRIGHT *Annie Eliza *Oakham
WRIGHT *Annie Elizabeth *Cheltenham
WRIGHT *Annie Elizabeth *Aston
WRIGHT *Annie Florence *Shoreditch
WRIGHT *Annie Mary *Islington
WRIGHT *Annie Ruth *Barnsley