TIPS FOR RESEARCHING COMMON NAMES
Feb 15, 2022
2 minutes
1 Not all records have this information, but (when they do) this extra detail might help distinguish your Mary Smith from Mary Smith. If you’re lucky, your ancestor’s middle name might be more unusual than her last—particularly in communities that used a mother’s maiden name as the child’s
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