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Stories told to you by relatives are not always completely true. Stories told to you by relatives are not always completely false. The reality is that the “truth” rests somewhere in between. Take any family story and break it into the parts that might have left a record and those arts that likely did not. Use those parts as clues. But…remember your goal is not to prove the story. Your goal is to try and find the truth-or at least the evidence that was left behind. The stories should be used to find some direction.
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If you are having difficulty transcribing document, consider: for words–perform a Google search on the words you can transcribe–at least a few before and after to get some context. You may find other transcribed documents with similar phrasing, especially with legal documents. Use this as a clue–not as a fact. search for the names you can partially read in a census or other record created around the same time period to see if you can get “match.” Again use this as a clue–not as a fact.
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