A newsletter from FindMyPast contained this question. What would you tell your ancestors if you could travel back into the past? Three of their answers:
Please, stop lying about your age. We get it, no one could really check and it could be useful socially to be loose with the truth, age-wise. It makes things very hard for us now though, so stop it.
Tell everyone everything that you do. New baby? Announcement in newspaper. Marriage? Same. Business? Get it in a directory. You may think it's unimportant, but we do not.
A little imagination wouldn't hurt, please. John Smith is a strong name, it really is, but 4 generations in a row? Work with us here, would you?
Thanks for the chuckle, FindMyPast.
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