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I don't think any of these are "fake" in the sense that the person who put up these lists made them up and they are not really from 1877 birth records. However, in addition to there being the possibility of misspellings or alternative spellings, it is very easy for modern people to misinterpret the handwriting in old records and assimilate what the see to another name they are familiar with when that's not really what it was. So it is possible some of these are from misreading the handwriting, but one would have to have access to the original records to compare to see if that is the case in any particular instance.

This message was edited 7/23/2024, 8:56 AM