"double negative"; name "Johnjoe" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE


>
>   BTW, a Google search unearths a handful of other
> "Johnjoes," spelled sic. Most appear to be Irish, but 22,000
> hits - most for McFadden - are daunting to search.
>
>
>   JL
>

Results from ancestry.com's index of birth, death and marriage records,
when searchign for "Johnjoe":

  11 California Birth Index, 1905-1995
  1 California Death Index, 1940-1997
  83 England & Wales, Birth Index: 1984-2005
  1 England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1984-2005
  2 Nevada Divorce Index, 1968-2005
  2 Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005
  2 Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997


Note, these records are nowhere near comprehensive.  There may be 8000
Johnjoes in New York, but since ancestry.com doesn't have an index,
you'd never know from them.
Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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