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From: "J.M. \(Jay\) Ingalls" <>
Subject: [NYJEFFER] Hough's 1854 book & similar
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 23:23:29 -0500
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My wife refers to the old county history books as "Vanity Press". People
paid to have the article written about them and included in the book.

So you know the poor or many of the average income people were not included.

Also, when people provided info about family members, they tended to skip
the "black sheep" or "unimportant" family members.

Jay

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