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My cautionary tale: John turned out to be Joseph

1861 census Joseph forshaw

Backtracking through the census to find ancestors The UK census has been instrumental in uncovering ancestors on my father’s paternal side of the family. All I knew at the outset  from my Grandfather’s death certificate was the name of his mother,  and his father – including his father’s date of birth and place of birth. …

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