Spent most of the day on Ancestry.com. It is so interesting and now I am branching out and finding information at other places online to confirm some people, places and stories.
The strangest story I found today was while I was researching the building my Grandmother lived in when she was about 6 years old in Los Angeles, CA. The census from 1920 listed an address with about 8 other families which I assume is an apartment building. Two of the other residents were actors. One was Tom Kerrick who lived with his wife Sarah. I did a quick IMDB search for this actor and found a crazy story about how he was a young actor that was famous for being shot and killed by his wife during a party thrown in their home in 1927. The newspapers made a big deal the party because everyone was drunk and it was during Prohibition.
So many interesting stories...
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