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| Subject: | Re: Perils of taking census records as the gospel truth |
| Author: | Elea (Authenticated as Elea) |
| Date: | March 21, 2008 at 1:30:27 PM |
| Reply to: | Perils of taking census records as the gospel truth by Cleveland Kent Evans |
I see this all the time when I look through the British censuses (on Ancestry.co.uk). There are so many difficulties. Illegible handwriting, poor spelling by the transcriber and the fact that people weren't required to give their full legal name.
I have one ancestor who is down as "Annie", "Anna M", "Mary Anna" and "Marianne" on consecutive censuses.
Baptism records are even worse for mistakes in my experience.This message was edited by the author on March 21, 2008 at 1:33:08 PM
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