Thank you for the info. I am kind of new to this, and I am beginning to see where the names have been changed for whatever reason. I never thought of looking up different spellings. I can't believe you can spell one name so many ways. :-) I don't understand how they could of changed their names like they did. I had a great grandmother that went from Louise A. (Census in 1910) to Emily Louise in 1920. She also went to being born in Canada, to being born in Wales. Did they just guess at this stuff or what? But, anyway, thanks again for the info, I really do appreciate it so very much. Have a safe and happy weekend. Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: <Famg1211@aol.com> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:52 PM Subject: [MIWASHTE] Re: McLaren in Washtenaw Co. > Michigan GENDIS site lists McLaren deaths in Washtenaw Co. between 1869-70 > (Cora, Myron, and Sarah). This indes can be searched at: > http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/scripts/search.asp > There are a John and Jane McClaren listed for Saginaw Co. > > > Also remember to check for alternate spellings on all searches. I have a > James C. MacLaren in Montcalm Co., MI in 1914 when he married. > >
Hi Maria -- The U.S. census does not necessarily give consistent information about the same person from census to census. One reason, as I understand it, is that information was often obtained from an "informant" who may not have known very much and was guessing--the informant could have been a 14 year old child of the household, a domestic, or in some cases if desperate, a neighbor. It's frustrating, isn't it! Santa T. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria Sibson" <mariamsibson@comcast.net> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [MIWASHTE] Re: McLaren in Washtenaw Co. > Thank you for the info. I am kind of new to this, and I am beginning to see > where the names have been changed for whatever reason. I never thought of > looking up different spellings. I can't believe you can spell one name so > many ways. :-) > I don't understand how they could of changed their names like they did. I > had a great grandmother that went from Louise A. (Census in 1910) to Emily > Louise in 1920. She also went to being born in Canada, to being born in > Wales. > Did they just guess at this stuff or what? > But, anyway, thanks again for the info, I really do appreciate it so very > much. > Have a safe and happy weekend. > > Maria > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Famg1211@aol.com> > To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:52 PM > Subject: [MIWASHTE] Re: McLaren in Washtenaw Co. > > > > Michigan GENDIS site lists McLaren deaths in Washtenaw Co. between > 1869-70 > > (Cora, Myron, and Sarah). This indes can be searched at: > > http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/scripts/search.asp > > There are a John and Jane McClaren listed for Saginaw Co. > > > > > > Also remember to check for alternate spellings on all searches. I have a > > James C. MacLaren in Montcalm Co., MI in 1914 when he married. > > > > > >