From the film number included the FHL catalogue record is as follows:

Parish registers for Wingate, 1841-1902
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wingate (Durham)

On 21/11/2017, Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

On 21/11/17 18:48, Steve Hayes wrote:

I was checking some family history information on FamilySearch and
came across this in one of the research hints:

=== begin quote ===
John George Southern
England Births and Christenings
Name John George Southern
Residence Place Wingate, Durham, England
Gender Male
Christening Date 27 Jan 1869
Christening Date (Original) 27 Jan 1869
Christening Place Wingate, Durham, Eng.
Father's Name Richard Southern
Race White
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C00586-5
System Origin England-EASy
GS Film number 1514658
Reference ID 1869 pg.12-96
Citing this Record

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXZB-XHP : 30 December 2014,
John George Southern, ); citing Wingate, Durham, Eng., index based
upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake
City; FHL microfilm 1,514,658.

=== end quote ===

My question is:

Which denomination, operating in Wingate in County Durham in 1869,
recorded the race of people being baptised, but not the name of the
mother?

Or is this not actually a transcription at all, but just some clown
entering stuff that isn't there, and leaving out stuff that is there?

An image of the register was not available when I looked, but I wonder
if anyone who has access to that particular record can confirm that it
mentioned the race, but not the name of the mother.

I accept that transcroptions can be inaccurate, but transcribers
making stuff up is somwething else.

I think what happens is that a transcriber has an input screen which
doesn't clear between entries; they just overtype the names & dates and, supposedly the parish when they start on a new parish or church. The
reason I think this happens is that I've seen transcriptions where they appear to have switched from one church to another and end up with a
field like Residence Place displaying contents from another parish -
they've just not noticed that they've run onto a new batch of data.

It looks as if, in this case, they've strayed onto Wingate from some
other place where race would be a field to capture.

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On 21/11/2017 19:15, Ian Goddard wrote:

It looks as if, in this case, they've strayed onto Wingate from some
other place where race would be a field to capture.

I caanot believe that any English register has ever asked about race.
Maybe they were using an entry form designed for American records.

Steven

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On 21/11/17 23:14, Steven Gibbs wrote:

On 21/11/2017 19:15, Ian Goddard wrote:

It looks as if, in this case, they've strayed onto Wingate from some
other place where race would be a field to capture.

I caanot believe that any English register has ever asked about race.
Maybe they were using an entry form designed for American records.

Yes, that's my point. They just rolled on from one batch, which did ask
about race, to another from a completely different situation and left
old data on the screen.

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