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Re: Accuracy of birth records



Liked your accounts of names and the language variations.

In ship passenger lists the problems are the same.  A French clerk will
butcher Italian names even before the ship lands in Ellis Island.

Ages vary on ship passenger lists because children under 12 paid only half
the head tax of the adult.  Some "children" under 12 may have been older, but
they sacrificed later years of Social Security to save on the head tax.

Another 2 cents worth.

Stephanie Morris

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