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From: "Richard A. Pence" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Re: Changes at Ancestry
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:17:15 -0400
References: <20060729175239.72173.qmail@web81706.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


"Joan Lowrey" <> wrote:

> I looked for John Kressler in 1880 in Scranton, Lackawanna County,
> >>> After numerous filtering efforts, I finally found that
> ancestry.com shows only 20 people in Scranton, Lackawanna, PA in 1880.
> The other 45,837 residents are shown in Scanton, Lackawanna, PA (no
> "r" in Scranton). <<<

I guess this is one time we can't affix all the blame on Ancestry.com.
The on-line index used for 1880 is that created by the Church of Christ
of the Latter-day Saints. The "Scanton" error also appears on the CD
from LDS.

Richard



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