In families where the same name was used repeatedly, it can be easy to:
- merge two different people with the same name into being the same person
- confuse two different people with the same name and assign the wrong record or event to the wrong person
- overlookyet another relative with the same name–there could always be one more
Correctly sifting out people with the same name can be difficult. Look at records that mention:
- age
- middle initials–if they even have them
- spouse
- occupational clues
- specific residence or residential clues
- relatives
And look at every record you can get your hands on in the area where all these people with the same name lived.
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