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Old 20-09-19, 21:59
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Originally Posted by Olde Crone View Post
I have shoe boxes full of research on families that are absolutely nothing to do with me, I just researched them because I could! I thought everyone did that?

OC
I thought so too!

i researched the family living at Woolavington House Sussex in 1841 - because I could not understand the census entry (enumerator had written each person over two lines, to the total confusion of the indexing system).

And a woman who married into our family (i don't remember who she married) but to check her place of birth, I looked at the pre-marriage census and found she was living in the same small village as some of my ancestors as a servant. Of course, that needed looking into.

Sometimes I think I am researching a whole village, not just a family!

Di
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