Chat | Daily Search | My GenForum | Community Standards | Terms of Service Jump to Forum Home: General Topics: African American Forum Such claims are...... Posted by: Richard Lake (ID *****8414) Date: July 19, 2009 at 19:41:58 In Reply to: Interesting Obituary, 128 year old ex-slave Matilda Feemster by Shelly of 2092 a dime a dozen and NEVER documented. The oldest DOCUMENTED individual was Jeanne Calmet of France who lived to 122 years and 164 days. I have checked into a couple of such claims. If you are lucky enough to find ANY records (birth, census, etc.) you'll soon discover that the claim is a total fabrication, or more kindly, a case of false memory - we all get old, memories dim and things get confused. Sometimes folks just enjoy the attention and there's always some reporter eager to recount the story so there you go....If you can't document it then it's fantasy or lore or myth, take you choice because it's nothing more. Notify Administrator about this message? Followups: Re: Such claims are...... Constance Peck 7/20/09 Re: Such claims are...... Richard Lake 7/20/09 http://genforum.genealogy.com/aa/messages/2046.html Search this forum: Find all of the words Find any of the words Search all of GenForum: Proximity matching Link to GenForum Add Forum

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