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Spent $80 on a 1920s census microfilm, found my great-uncle's fake name
I was tracing family history and dropped $80 on a microfilm roll of the 1920 census. Turns out my great-uncle listed himself as a "machinist" but the handwritten note in the margin says he was actually a bootlegger. Has anyone else found a family secret hiding in official records that just made you laugh?
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kelly63822d ago
Check court records too, those often tell the real story.
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