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=== When Did You Fall From the Tree? === | === When Did You Fall From the Tree? === | ||
Some genealogical records actually state that a person "fell from a tree"! It is a way to identify a date of birth or a span of days during which a birth occurred. The record will mention that the person whose birth is noted "fell from the _______ tree," with the identity of the particular type of tree mentioned where the blank line is located in the quoted phrase. Traditionally, the mention of a particular type of tree signals either a specific date on which, or more commonly a span of days during which, the birth occurred. The alphabetical and chronological lists | Some genealogical records actually state that a person "fell from a tree"! It is a way to identify a date of birth or a span of days during which a birth occurred. The record will mention that the person whose birth is noted "fell from the _______ tree," with the identity of the particular type of tree mentioned where the blank line is located in the quoted phrase. Traditionally, the mention of a particular type of tree signals either a specific date on which, or more commonly a span of days during which, the birth occurred. The alphabetical and chronological lists (presented below following the one example taken from an Italian record) correlate the dates with the specific trees and vice versa.<br> | ||
== Example (from an Italian record) == | == Example (from an Italian record) == | ||