A relative of my children sent me a sketch of a relative from a 1923 history of Chariton and Howard Counties in Missouri. Most of what is in it is consistent with information obtained from other sources. That is fortunate as sometimes biographies in these mug books contain significant amounts fo fiction. These county histories are typically considered secondary sources for most (if not all) of the information they contain and need to be fact-compared with other, hopefully more contemporary and primary sources. Just because a source is a secondary source does not mean it is wrong…just that a comparison is needed. Anything in these materials can be wrong, right, or somewhere in between. What’s in these biographies was often provided by the family–which can be good or […]
Some married couples never see their former spouse after a divorce. Many times that is because one partner leaves and never returns. There are other possibilities. Some former spouses may continue to reside in the same area and interact with each other, especially if they have children. One divorced couple in my family appear on a mortgage with a son-in-law after their divorce. Other times couples eventually remarry, even after they’ve had subsequent spouses. Or they may even later live together, even if they don’t remarry. Those aren’t made up examples—just situations from my own family where I’ve removed the names.
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