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Re: Names on original documents

eGENEee  (View posts) Posted: 10 May 2012 10:26PM GMT
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The purpose of the census was really to "count bodies" and to county manpower so actual names did not matter in the least! The goal wasn't to insure everyone's name was recorded properly (as we well know! :) )
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Jamie Long 26 Apr 2012 8:39PM GMT 
carobradford 27 Apr 2012 8:15AM GMT 
eGENEee 10 May 2012 10:26PM GMT 
   

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