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Genealogy question (about reading a reference)

alisande
9 years ago

In a reference like the following, what is the list of names in parentheses following the subject's name?

  1. NELSON CLARK ALVORD (George Seymour, Zenas,
    Seth, Seth, Thomas, Thomas, Alexander), born Prompton, Pa., Sept.
    26, 1842; died Carbondale, Pa., Mar. 15, 1907; married Prompton,
    Pa., May 26, 1869, Margaret Bellamy, daughter of Robert and
    Frances (Spry) Bellamy. She was born near Honesdale, Pa., 1846.
    Res. Carbondale, Lackawanna Co., Pa. Children:

So many family histories on the Internet! They help me a lot when I can't make out everything on an old gravestone.

Thanks!

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