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From: Karen Isaacson Leverich <>
Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Sometimes you need to read the entire census
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:57:47 -0700
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In-Reply-To: Message from "marilyn E B" <marilyneb@gmail.com> of "Tue,04 Sep 2007 10:25:31 EDT."<65d66f240709040725m4632ff0cx68ec54cef7fb0599@mail.gmail.com>


> Page by page searches are not fun and very time consuming.

But they can be rewarding and offer up unexpected clues. Even
with a very good index, I like to read at least the page before,
the page after, and the page on which "my" family is. I may find
other relatives, and in any case get a sense of the neighborhood
(farming, farming, farming, oh well!)

Karen



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