----- Original Message ----- From: <ELd380017@aol.com> To: <PHILLY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [PHILLY-ROOTS-L] Bad info on Census > To everyone on the Philly list, Here's what happened when I followed the > exact info on the Census. My G-G-Grandmother's name was listed as Mary in the > 1860 Census. I went to the city archives and checked for her in all the death > indexes and marriage records in case she remarried. I ordered films from LDS > to search marriage and Emmigration records in Germany. I went to NARA and > went through everything that they have. I've been to the library countless > times going through City Directories, etc. looking for Mary. > > Then by luck I came across a birth certificate through > the Family Tree Maker volunteer look-up list that gave me all the correct > info. Her real name was Jane, Mary must have been an error or a nickname or > her middle name. Everything on the Census is not etched in stone, one lesson > well learned. > > Ed Lohr >