We all know it's not only the bureaucrats who cause us problems --and
laughs!    After weeks of unsuccessful searching, a cousin of mine who is an
experienced researcher, finally found her war-widowed gg.grandmother
--Rebecca "Fannie" Rowland,  -- in the Rockbridge Co. census of 1870   by
checking out each of  Fannie's numerous Lackey family siblings, aunts and
uncles.    Enumerated in easy-to-read handwriting as  "Mrs. R. F. Rowland, "
for some  reason, the ancestry.com transcriber saw  "Mich F. Rouland,"   and
that's how Fannie is shown in ancesty's index.    Not the oddest
transcription of census returns, but typical.
--Tom


On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Westview <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> One more thing to add to my typo saga:  our home, Westview, is on the
> National Register of Historic Places.  While Westview is in Charlotte
> County, VA, our mailing address is Brookneal, VA.  On the National Register
> website they list Westview as being in "Brocknel, VA."  Since 2000, I have
> been trying via e-mails and phone calls from myself and others to get them
> to correct it.  Despite the fact that it is a typo on her part, and
> acknowledging that there is no such place as Brocknel, the extremely rude
> young woman in charge of the website pointblank refuses to correct it
> without a letter from the State Historic Preservation Officer.  Another
> Mexican stand-off.
>
> So, no one will know my name and they'll have no idea where I lived.
>  Better and better!
>
> Lathy Lee of Brocknel
> aka Kathy in Brookneal
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