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Subject: Another Error in VR's for Upton
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 03:11:03 EDT

Dear WRG:

I think maybe I've found another error. In the Upton VR's there is a marriage
intention listed for Tabitha Whitney of Natick and John Lasure of Upton, dated
20 Mar 1796. In the Natick Vital Records, their marriage (with his name
spelled Lessure) is shown as having taken place on 31 Aug 1769, which makes it
quite likely that a transcriber (whoever, at which point?) simply transposed
the 6 and 9, turning 69 into 96.

I can't remember now who it is who is looking for a Calvin Whitney, and I
don't want to take the time to look back through hundreds of printed and
electronically saved messages. There is a Calvin born in Upton in Dec. of
1829, but that Calvin died in Sept of 1849, so it probably is of no help.

I have probably added nearly 2000 names to my copy of the db in the last four
or five months, so if some of you who are looking for long lost Whitney
connections, and who haven't posted your search/query recently, would like to
send me a note or a copy of your last query, I'll see if I can find your long
lost Whitney among the names I have added.

Happy Hunting!

Allan

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