Rebecca,
I
rechecked the Census entry and it is definitely written Joseph. That doesn’t
mean it really is. The censuses were taken and two copies made. We are looking
at the 2nd copy. The original was left in the County where a copy was
made for the State. That copy was kept in the State. The State made a copy of
their and that copy went to the Federal Government. I checked with the County
several years ago to see if they still had the originals. They thought they did
but could not find them. The State copy has never showed up so we only have the
2nd copy on microfilm. People who have studied the copies say there
are all kinds of copying errors. I have even found some as I have compared other
County records with the census.
So the
problem is to find another record source that can confirm his name. If you can
find where he was in 1860 or 1870 censuses, perhaps you can find which name he
used there and if there is a burial
record somewhere that might close this for
you.
Sincerely,
Ken
Huffman
-----Original
Message-----
From: Rebecca
Sandberg [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:13
PM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: Groves Brown
County
Thanks
for the lookup. I knew that the Indexed census images said Joseph Groves for the
father, what I was looking for was if someone actually had access to the written
census to see if the transcription was incorrect since the father’s name should
be Jacob. No biggie, thanks for the
response and again for the special message.
If you
wish to respond to this email, please respond to [email protected], which is my
backup email.
Attached
are two Schuyler county marriage Licenses that I just received. I got the copies
from Calvin and Lorraine Seitter. I mention this because perhaps netiquette
requires I share where I got it, but I believe they got their copy from the
State. The two Licenses are for a double wedding that was held on
If you
wish, I would love it if you post it on the Marriage certificate images page. I
know they are not the best copies, but we cleaned them up as best as we could on
our end.
Thanks
again,
Rebecca
Sandberg