Several years ago, I was researching Almus Beck - not my family, but I had an interesting collection of his photos and wanted to get them to family. One of my favorite finds was his wife's passport application in 1919. This two-page application showed the date and place of marriage and Lillie Beck's date and place of birth, adding more to the story.
However, it wasn't only two pages. When I came to the blank page after page two, I assumed that was the end of the application. Assuming is always a mistake in the genealogy world!
A year later, while revisiting the document, I turned that blank page revealing four more pages and adding facts to this story. Lillie's name was Ludovica Ivanova Savchenko. Documents from North Carolina named the mother of Almus, stated that Almus was born in Wake Cunty, and that his mother had since moved to Durham County.
That was a lesson learned. Now when looking at documents, whether digitized, microfilm, or print, I check pages prior to and following any item of interest.
More About Lillie and Almus
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Almus and Lillie Beck, scanned images from the original photograph album, ca.1919, from the privately held collection of Diana Quinn, 2020. Album currently held by the National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri, 2022.
"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99X3-3NWQ?cc=2185145&wc=3XZ4-ZNR%3A1056306501%2C1056594601 : 22 December 2014), (M1490) Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 > Roll 969, 1919 Oct, certificate no 133876-134249 > image 328 of 894; citing NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
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