The timeline feature in Roots Magic is a good tool to review the events in a person’s life. It allows you to see a person’s age at the time of a particular event and helps you find inconsistencies. For example, take a look at Frank born about December 1900 and James born about June 1901. The glaring error is that there was only six months between births. Not an impossibility, but unlikely. However, combining this information with the following information, I have eliminated James born in 1901 as a child of Salvatora and Vincenzo James.
- The 1900 U.S. Census, enumerated on June 11, 1900, has the family living at 6719 S Hermitage, Chicago.
- The July 1, 1901 the Death Certificate of Frank (born December 1900) states his address as 6719 S Hermitage.
- The April 8, 1902 Death Certificate for James (born about June 1901) states his address as 221 S Jefferson St., Chicago.
- In June 1.1902 When Frank A. was born, the family still lived at 6719 S. Hermitage.
The family could not be living in two places at the same time, therefore James cannot be a child of Salvatora and Vincenzo James.
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