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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Happy Holidays From The MLC Reference Staff (And Friends)!


We get a lot of genealogy questions here at MLC, and we often use Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest (along with our print sources) to assist our patrons.

Confession: we use these sources to amuse ourselves as well.
From various U.S., England, and Australian Censuses, 1860-1930, here is the Reference department's list of holiday-related names. These are all actual names of actual people:
Santa Claus

Elf Nelson

Toy Popwell

Mary Nativity Tambourine

Tree McFatridge

Wreath Spicer

Feliz Navidad

Joe Apple Pie

Frosty Jones

Chestnut Brown

Myrrh Hamilton

Turkey Crisp

Candy Cane

Betsy Reindeer

Happy holidays, everyone!

This post originally appeared 12/19/07.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Santa_Claus_Congress_2013#/media/File:World_Santa_Claus_Congress_-_Santa_Claus_band_2.jpg 

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