Dana wrote :
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Right. With almost all old records - especially census - you need to see
the original or at least a film of it. Those indexes, especially the
ones online, have way too many errors.
In desperation I recently ordered an estate paper. The abstract
published in a book had only listed my ancestor (not Cagle) as buying at
the crying sale. Low and behold! they had missed that he also collected
a child's share of the estate for his wife. From this small expenditure,
I collected documentation for two more generations of my family line.
Now, I guess I will suspect abstracts the way I do Census Index.
Dana
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Dana & List,
Yes, and you bring up a good point also. This is a good lesson for all
of us. Those just starting their family research, and those of us who
have been at it several years.
As Dana, points out don't always trust an index.
Those of us researching Cagle for some time, have seen many variations.
Add to this how close some hand written letters are to each other.
For example is that an a, or an o, on who we think may be an ancestor.
But I think it also makes our research interesting:)
Earl
http://community.webtv.net/earl1947/CagleGenealogical