1-6.2 Example of locality propagation.
Here is how a genealogist might
propagate a locality for an event. Suppose the first child of a couple is determined by the church
record to have occurred in the parish of St. Michaels. Suppose further that the couple is determined
to have been married in St. Lukes. The genealogist then says that the probable birth place of the
bride is of St. Lukes. What does of
mean and why does the genealogist prefix it to the birth place? Knowing the culture of the time and place,
the genealogist realizes that a couple will usually marry in the parish of the bride's residence,
and further that a young single girl will hardly ever move from the parish of her birth. Hence, barring
a move by her family of orientation, her birth probably occurred within the parish of her marriage.
We call this indication of locality interpretation a locality prefix.
