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1 · Laura's story · draft under review
A family, not just a number.
Children named in records. Children remembered. Relationships still to trace.
Research by Amberly R. Carter-Mills
3 · 1900 · Research summary · review pending
11 births · 9 surviving · 2 lost, unnamed on the page
Laura's answers to two census questions — not a list of names. Original entries await Chapter 6 review.
BT-SRC-00038 · No approved public scan
4 · 1910 · Research summary · review pending
Relationships to the household head. Original entries await Chapter 6 review.
BT-SRC-00039 · No approved public scan
5 · Family account · not a reconciled count
Alma remembered more than a count.
Open Alma's family stories ↗ · BT-SRC-00040
Chapter 6 · What Laura Made Possible
How can we trace the family Laura helped raise without filling the gaps with names or relationships the records do not establish?