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The parish's burial register begins in 1538, but for the years 1642 to 1660 the entries are sparse and often illegible, the curate having fled during the civil war. Historians studying the village's population must therefore rely on tax lists for that period.
According to the text, why do historians use tax lists for the years 1642 to 1660?
- A. Because the burial register for those years is sparse and hard to read.Correct
- B. Because the burial register begins in 1660.
- C. Because tax lists are more accurate than registers.
- D. Because the parish had no curate before 1642.
Answer: A. Because the burial register for those years is sparse and hard to read.
The register's gap forces a substitute.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Because the burial register begins in 1660.
- It begins in 1538.
- C. Because tax lists are more accurate than registers.
- No general claim about accuracy is made.
- D. Because the parish had no curate before 1642.
- The curate fled during the war, not before.
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