Dear Listers, I have been reminded as I followed the last number of emails regarding the spelling of "Portugal" on Ancestry that no index should ever be relied upon as "gospel". You always need to read the original record to verify what the index has listed. Last evening as I helped a patron at our Family History Center I had this fact brought home to me once again. We were looking for his Italian grandparents, Giovanni and Maria/Marie Crivello. We couldn't find them at first so we started looking for their children, some from previous marriages ,Davi, and some of their own, Crivello. We finally found the family in Pittsburg, Contra Costa, California under CARSWELLS! In 1910. Giovanni was using John for one but Carswells?? We clicked on "view image" and their they were. The original writing of Crivello was written over but I don't really understand how the indexer read Carswells as their were Crivellos in the household listed as John's sons! It just proves that indexes are not infalible and you should always check the original document if you can.
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