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 ::*Neighbors may be relatives or old friends from their home state.
-{{Tip|Check marriages for women in every county where your ancestor was found in a census, then search the SAME census for the husbands.}}
+{{Tip|Check marriages for women in the county where your ancestor was found in a census. Then find those women and their husbands the SAME census.}}
 :'''Why:'''
 ::*You may find sisters living in the area.
-::*Your ancestor's widowed mother may have remarried. In those censuses, were the women the right age(s) to be sisters? Aunts? The mother?
+::*Your ancestor's widowed mother may have remarried.
-::*One of the husbands and your ancestor may have witnessed one anothers' deeds or other documents, perhaps suggesting they have become relatives.
+::**Notice the ages: were the women old enough to be sisters? Aunts? The mother?
+::*Notice your ancestor's deeds and other records: Were any of those husbands witnesses?
 {{Tip|Pay close attention to the ages and birthplaces.}}