tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post5144299200875608329..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: Newspapers Can Confuse and Lead AstrayNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-46722913563666950192010-11-24T18:57:52.034-05:002010-11-24T18:57:52.034-05:00Kristen, the mistake isn't with the date but w...Kristen, the mistake isn't with the date but with the names. In the marriage licenses article it says Beulah Gerner and Gus Doyle. In the Doyle-Gerner wedding announcement it says Beulah Gerner and George Doyle. These two people are my grandparents and it was easy to identify the fact from the fiction. In some other circumstances, if the articles were published on two different dates and I saw one and not the other, or I had no other knowledge of the family, I could have found the wrong one and spent a lot of time trying to "prove" it. Thanks for asking me to clarify.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-52829388115984283002010-11-24T17:59:04.533-05:002010-11-24T17:59:04.533-05:00I keep re-reading but what is the mistake. if Wed...I keep re-reading but what is the mistake. if Wednesday was Dec. 20 wasn't Tuesday Dec. 19? What am I missing?Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-33455848219518505022010-11-23T20:19:54.845-05:002010-11-23T20:19:54.845-05:00In the newspaper articles I used for a recent post...In the newspaper articles I used for a recent post, one writer could not keep the figures straight from one paragraph to the next, let alone from one column to the next. Perhaps it was the typesetters, but still ... not to be trusted!Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-43596039822322955372010-11-23T17:48:36.068-05:002010-11-23T17:48:36.068-05:00Great example of not believing everything you read...Great example of not believing everything you read. Thanks for sharing this.Susan Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009218875010743399noreply@blogger.com