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From: "June M. Pettichord" <>
Subject: Re: Finding birthplace
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29 Feb. 2000

Hi Monica:

You've done a lot of good research try: Probate records,
Military, Land records, Tax, also see if you can find a
death certificate. Or a funeral home record.

Good Luck;

June

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> My ancestor, Charles Berry, born in either 1820 (census record) or 1824
> (tombstone) indicates he was born in VA on some census records. On the 1900
> Rockbridge Co census, he indicates he was born in South Carolina and his
> parents were born in New York. His eldest son living in a different
> household on the same census also indicated his father was born in South
> Carolina. The other younger sons say Virginia or West Virginia on the same
> census. (groan)
> The marriage record dated 1853 in Rockbridge Co, Va for Charles Berry does
> not say where he was from.
> He does not appear on the 1850 census for that region. I have checked the
> index and also examined the census page by page to no avail.
> What other documents might be in existence to show where my ancestor is
> from?
>
> Thank You
>
>
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