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PATRICK'S PEOPLE

A PEDIGREE FAMILY HISTORY WEBSITE

SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

Patrick's People is a family history site, including a pedigree family tree of legitimate and illegitimate offspring, showing blood and marriage links over generations, drawing on a variety of resources. It is largely the work of one person, with added contributions from others who have shared information from their research. Sincere thanks is due to each person for their generosity in contributing in this way.

It is not a commercial site, but rather a personal database which is still being worked on, and therefor subject to change. It makes no claims to be 'the truth' but rather an attempt to link up different individuals and families as accurately as possible within the constraints experienced by the website owner, including personal judgments made where evidence is uncertain or unavailable. The database is shared online in the understanding that some people might find it useful in their own work. The files chosen to be published on the site are at the discretion of the website owner.

The website was named originally for an ancestor, Patrick Quigly, born 17 March 1824 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and of Irish descent. It is generated from Legacy software (MyHeritage.com) based on data formatted in a database of the same system. Occasionally, this produces certain anomalies of format or expression onscreen which are beyond the control of the website owner. The administrator offers her apologies to anyone affected where there is a failure of data or format accuracy.

Files were written over a period of more than twenty five years, so they do vary in quality. The process of reviewing the files is ongoing. Some individual or family files have very scant information, others have more. Updates to the family files may change, add or remove information as appropriate.

Where exact dates are found they are published; some dates are rendered, of necessity, as "about","before", "after" or "by" a particular year. These should be treated always with great caution for they are only as a possible guide for the users of the website in order to avoid intergenerational errors.

Spouses and children are included where known, but users should be aware that some spouses or children may not have been found or, if found, not included, for reasons of space or for some other reason.

The index of names and the surnames lists contain alternative spellings for people who feaure in the files.

A system of user IDs (eg User ID: F105) is being introduced gradually, for reference. These will be found in the individual page file under the name of the person featured in the file, but User ID, unfortunately, does not appear in the general name lists. User IDs are attached to the individual in question on a permanent basis.

User ID numbers are not the same as the file page number created by the computer programme, as seen in the web page address. Unlike User IDs the file page numbers may change, for example, if two apparently different individuals are merged into one. Those files that have user ID numbers have been more recently reviewed.

Users of the website should observe copyright as explained in the copyright warning. A general use of the the information for totally non-commercial use is welcomed, but users should be cautious as there may be errors.

Wherever possible, sources are listed for the information provided as a general guide to users of the website. The database is not intended as a work of academic scholarship and the formatting of sources reflects that.

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