tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post4229918207519999197..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Finding Family in the City of Fort WayneJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-78693712257009793382013-08-23T23:28:02.840-07:002013-08-23T23:28:02.840-07:00You had an interesting theory on that, Iggy. That ...You had an interesting theory on that, Iggy. That was part of what got me checking lists. I did take a look at directories for Fort Wayne, and it appears there is another John Stephens--which, as we've already seen, can easily morph into Stevens.<br /><br />The retraction idea is plausible, too, although I wonder how much care some smaller newspapers took to publicly correct their mistakes. More likely, John Kelly got a good ribbing for the day, and it was promptly forgotten after that.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-12755428737615910322013-08-23T23:25:34.108-07:002013-08-23T23:25:34.108-07:00Well, at least it impressed upon me the advice to ...Well, at least it impressed upon me the advice to never believe anything...until you check it out for yourself!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-87649675088042622732013-08-21T09:48:34.880-07:002013-08-21T09:48:34.880-07:00I wonder if there is a "retraction" or &...I wonder if there is a "retraction" or "correction" notice for these two stories (the birth of the daughter and the death of the mother) hidden away in a subsequent issue.<br /><br />I hope to find time to see if the "other John Kelly Stevens of Columbus" might have been the root-cause of these errors.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-14838737723506999802013-08-21T07:20:42.116-07:002013-08-21T07:20:42.116-07:00Whew! Bumbling journalists! :)Whew! Bumbling journalists! :)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.com