When using a record set with which you are not familiar, think about how someone gets into the record, how the information in the record is obtained, how the record is organized, and how the original record got from its original state to you.
All if these issues get to how we use and analyze the information contained in the record.
While helping newbies with county records, I always remind them that every county did things a bit differently and every clerk had their own system! You can not expect uniformity even in the same county over the years.
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