Posts in October 9, 2016

A colleague with a genealogy problem was confused as the husband’s wife was named Antonia Petrosky in some records and Victoria Petrosky in others. She was convinced the wife’s name was actually Antonia Victoria Petrosky. Analyzing the records a little more closely revealed that his wife was always Antonia in records before 1880 and was always Victoria in records after 1880, including births of children. Children born before 1880 indicated their mother was Antonia and those born after 1880 always indicated their mother was Victoria. I suggested to her that she consider the man was married to Antonia until 1880 and to Victoria after 1880 and that they were possibly sisters or cousins.