Message: "other things our ancestors did to mess up genealogical research..."

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[Facts] other things our ancestors did to mess up genealogical research...

by Rosalinda Lauren Snow :-) (guest)

11/9/2001, 2:22 PM

Some of my ancestors, who came from Sweden, had the last name Anderson (or Andersen? one of those). Since they didn't want to have such a "common" last name, they changed it...

to Clark.

Sigh.

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- karenr (guest)

11/9/2001, 3:46 PM

Thank you

Thanks for your input. My mom thinks that his name was Dash, and it wasn't a nickname. His son was named Dash, too. Maybe they didn't enter the US via Ellis Island. I need to find another port-of-entry!

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