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From: "Joan M Lowry" <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Census Errors
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 19:14:43 -0400
In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.0.20060407182721.040cf018@ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net>


For more fun with Ancestry's census records - you might try looking for
anyone in Secaucus or Bayonne, both towns in Hudson County, NJ in the
1920 census.

When they put up the new everyname index for 1920 - they changed the
names for both towns. Secaucus has become "Seacaucus" and Bayonne has
become "Bayonna." (Note that they were spelled correctly in the old
head of household index.) So - if you know where the family was and try
to limit your search to the right town - you can't find them! It makes
me wonder what other towns or counties may have had their names changed
in the process...

I tried to report this and the automated suggestion came back that I
should use the "correct an error" feature on the individual's result
page. Sure - I'd have time to do that for every resident in both
cities, right? After several attempts it appeared that I had gotten
through to someone who "would make sure the correction got into the
right department." However, as of today, the towns' names are still
wrong.

Regards,
Joan

Joan M. Lowry
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