Love this---my in laws, Polish refugees from allegedly Poland/Russia--oh, those boundaries--- my children's gt grandfather emigrated 1897 under Schiff's program…
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Congratulatons! What a great end to the search!
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The information on death records can only be as good as the knowledge of the person giving the information. My…
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Wow. Ten years! A friend once battled with distant cousins over the birth date on a common ancestor's stone in…
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Absolutely. The birth records here were not recorded "right at birth" but usually "all at once," and gravestones are sometimes…
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The published records of Manchester, Massachusetts have a major error in the birthdate for one of my Lee relatives -…
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My great grandfather and one of his sisters had birthdates in April and August of the same year. Not possible,…
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I agree, we need a way to evaluate compilations and transcriptions, but also a place to gather together “ ratings…
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Thank you for sorting this so eloquently, Chris. The dates on tombstones also shouldn't be taken as (no pun intended)…
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One more for my ……but the records say….. list It’s
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