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What I Didn't Know I Didn't Know. The Sequel

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       Family research is an ever changing landscape. Everyday you find something new, be it a birthdate, a nickname, or a city where someone once lived. For instance, The Baron family emigrated from Traby in Belarus to Westmoreland county in Pennsylvania. This is the same path that my Levine family took and there is some mention that there is a family connection there. Not unlikely given the size of Traby in the early 20th century. I have yet to find any evidence of a connection but that doesn’t mean I won’t be writing about it in a future blog post.  1950 census showing Moe, Minnie, and Marian on Peach street near 17th Levine Bos. calendar showing address at 2005 Peach street. 1950 census showing Levine family mistakenly indexed as Bauer on West 8th Street       When the 1950 census was released in April of this year I scoured the pages looking for my family in Erie, PA. I found my parents and older sister on Peach street near 17th just a few blocks away from my father’s busine