Posts in January 21, 2011

I’ve changed the names and location, but here is part of a birth announcement I read recently: “…paternal grandparents are Jim and Lori Smith of Dingdongtown. Paternal great-grandparents are Susan Smith, Plowville, and the late Bubba Smith and Ken and Susan Markle of Allentown.” The question is: are Ken and Susan alive or dead? Of course people living today know what the paper intended. What would someone in fifty years think? ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!