> When do you decide that coincidence is just coincidence and > the fact that one finds the right name in the approximate > era in the right state is just that: coincidence? > > Vs > > ooooooooh! Lookit, I found a previously unknown wife for my > guy! OK, he's in the wrong part of the state, and nothing > else matches, but the name's right, and it's within 5 years > of the known marriage ... > > ??? > > Cheryl Singhals <singhals@erols.com> Can you find them in the following census and are they with whom they should be ie children. AND do they disappear from where you had them confirmed. I know of one incidence in my family when a distant cousin thought she had gotten through a deadend, however the person she though was the grandfather was in the next census with a different wife. Eventually we located the proper person under an extreme spelling variant with the proper wife in a completely different area of the country. Depending out the time period, are they in any of the county histories. Otherwise I do not put the data in the database until I find other evidence Keith Nuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net>