[PW] 1880 handwriting conundrum

[dhesson1]

Hello,
    Your suggestion to look at the 1890 census may not work since the 1890
census was virtually destroyed by fire in 1921. See the following URL:
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=5445&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0

But there may be a chance depending where the person needs to look. You
never know.

:-)
Donna Hesson
dhesson at jhmi.edu


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Bowman" <quagganaut at earthlink.net>
To: <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [PW] 1880 handwriting conundrum


> I'd agree with the observation by Dayle Henshel and Wendy Miller that the
L in the alleged "Latte" or "Lalte" looks like the S in "Son" so more likely
it's Salte or Satte.
>
> My suggestion, based on attempts at collecting family history from English
the census on microfilm, is to look at the following census.  Since the
child is under 10 in 1880, he will not be in the 1870 census, but might well
still be living nearby in 1890.
> bb
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