Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Empire State

19 January 2015

Empire State

There are over 1000 Ancestry member trees with a profile for the person below. I stopped looking once I got to 1000. Too depressing. The profiles have varying amounts of detail and none of them has a record attached. I know, you're shocked, especially since there are so many records available for the time period. </sarcasm>
One tree owner posted their exciting find (Dau Asinia's spouse) on Ancestry's Facebook page. Of course Ancestry liked it. Gotta keep encouraging those clickophiles. Sigh.

Dau V Asinia
Birth: 0180 in Empire, Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States
Death: 230 in Empire, Dodge, Georgia, United States

SPOUSE
Quintus Anicius Paulinus
Birth: abt 180 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy
Death: in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy

CHILD
Quintus Anicius Paulinus
Birth: 180 in France
Death: 230 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy

Marriages (none have dates)
To Quintus Anicius Paulinus in Empire,
To Quintus Anicius Paulinus in Empire, Dodge,
To Quintus Anicius Paulinus in Empire, Dodge, Georgia, United States
To Quintus Anicius Paulinus in Empire, Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States
To Quintus Anicius Paulinus in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy

FATHER
Ascyllius VonEastern Francs
Birth: 0323 in , , Sachsen, Germany
Death: 0379 in , , Sachsen, Germany

MOTHER
Mother VonEastern Franks
Birth: 277 in Sachen, , , Germany
Death: in Old, , Sachsen, Germany

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3 comments:

RnRMonday, 19 January, 2015
Am I reading that right? Are they saying that the person was born in Louisiana in the UNITED STATES in the year 180? Typo? Or crazy? PLEASE tell me it is a typo...
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RnRMonday, 19 January, 2015
My hubby says they are related to Merlin obviously. ;)
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KarenSMonday, 19 January, 2015
And the person, his spouse, and their chilsd are all born the same year, in 3 different places, one of which is in the USA!! Clever folks, these ancestors!
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