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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 05:53 AM Original message |
DU Genealogists... Please check in: I have some questions... |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Kick... |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Information found in Census record is only as reliable as the informants |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I think it's possible my great great Grandfather lied about his age... |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 07:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. My grandmother ages 2 years every 10 years. |
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VivaKerry (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Are you sure they are servants? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It's an assumption based on positioning... |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You can look at the actual census records at |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I've got full membership @ ancestry.com... |
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VivaKerry (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. In total agreement. |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I know it is like looking at a snap shot in time |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You can get a lot of the records held in Utah -- Family history library |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I have to admit... |
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kitchen girl (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 08:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. It's totally addictive. |
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Joy Anne (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 07:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. on Mormons and genealogy |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Yes... |
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LDS Jock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. they are entitled to their beliefs, just as you are |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 06:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. LDS (Mormon) Records Are Often Wrong |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 07:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Some of that old hand writing is great. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
12. Another place to look online |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Also, Rootsweb's USGenWeb project has been really helpful... |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 09:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Also genforum. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. I am also of Irish descent, so I'll e-mail my aunt, who knows more than I |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 09:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That's what I thought - he emigrated from Ireland in the 1850's... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. That is a fascinating story and the photographs are priceless |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Birth certificates in the US weren't common until mid 20th cen |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I have a book that chronicles my paternal grandmother's family |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 04:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. My paternal Grandmother's family came here around the same time... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Wow! I guess that we have much in common. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:14 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Did Roelof enter via Nieuw Amsterdam? |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 04:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Well, I have yet to hear back from my aunt, who's better at this than I am |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
21. This is indeed addictive! |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. Actually, it's more likely that he's posing with his valued possessions... |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The pic was taken in 1898... |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Not to belabor the point, but slaves or low paid help was still very |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. They definitely weren't rich, so the help probably were low-paid... |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. on a side note, how come nobody ever smiles in old photographs? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Back then, exposure times for photos were long... |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. The reason that most old photos have non smiling faces is because |
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