I bet she does have some lovely photos!!! On Jan 4, 2008 7:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > RESPONSE: > Hi, > > You are right that those death certs are only as good as the knowledge of > the > death cert informant. As for the marriage records, I guess sometimes it > was > just easier to make oneself a bit younger for the next marriage. > > My ancestors were overall a very good-looking bunch from the photos of > them I > have, most had affairs on the side, multiple marriages was the order of > the > day for both the men and the women. I mean how many people can say or > will > admit even as I can that my grandpa's sister, Carolyn "Carrie" TAYLOR ran > a > house of prostitution in Lexington, KY on Megawan Street (red light > district of > turn of the last century ). The reason we know so much about what > happened is > she was shot and killed "in a fit of jealously" per newspaper account by > another lady of the night and it was written up all over the Lexington > newspapers. > Apparently she ran what was called a "high class" house that the > newspapers > referred to as a "social club". Carrie was born in 1874 in Knox Co. and > died in > Fayette, Lexington, KY in 1905. She owned her own home, had furs, cash > and > jewelry and very lovely clothing in which she is pictured and which was > divided up by her sister heirs and others. > > Joyce Taylor Collins > La Palma, CA > > > In a message dated 1/4/2008 5:25:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I just bet a lot of women gave the wrong birthdate on the census too!!! > > Barbara > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >