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Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 5 Send Message	Robert	Report	30 Jul 2005 19:55
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 5 Send Message	TRACED MARTHA S. SMITH. IN 1891 AND 1881 CENSUS, BUT IN THE 1871 CENSUS SHE HAS BECOME, MARTHA (HEEL) SMITH........ THE '1837 ONLINE.COM' TRANSLATOR HAS INTERPRETED THE ENUMERATORS WORD AS (HEEL), ON CLOSER INSPECTION OF BIRTHS FOR 1869 THE YEAR OF HER BIRTH, SHE IS REGISTERED AS MARTHA (STEELE) SMITH...WEIRD SECOND NAME I KNOW, BUT HOPE I'M BACK ON TRACK....IS THE MORAL OF THE STORY CHECK, CHECK AND THEN CHECK AGAIN..
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28 335 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	30 Jul 2005 20:07
	Yes, you're right, check, check and check again. I would imagine her middle name might help your research, as I would imagine it is a surname from somewhere in the family, either her mother's maiden name or a name of a grandparent etc. p.s. don't take anything an enumerator writes down at face value. Kath. x
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 96 Send Message	Angela	Report	31 Jul 2005 12:00
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 96 Send Message	I know someone who had a Heal in his tree who turned out to be a Steel as a Christian Name and I also have someone with Steel as a middle name and the Steel turned out to be the mothers maiden name.