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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that in researching the history of Hamilton County, New York, Ted Aber created a series of alphabetized files on 1,600 family names?
Source: "Mr. Aber, the 73-year-old official historian of Hamilton County, once knew the name and location of every person buried within its boundaries - and even many outside. That was in the 1960's, when he and the former county historian, Stella King, were researching their book, The History of Hamilton County.... These days, Mr. Aber spends most of his time digging for other people's roots. Inquiries come by mail and telephone and sometimes in person.... They have him rifling among his 1,600 alphabetized family-name files with their hand-recorded entries that note, for instance, that on Thursday, Aug. 12, 1897, Gladys Bevins is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Bevins at Chester." New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/27/nyregion/the-lure-of-local-history-keeps-a-digger-digging.html
Overall: Hello Dclemens1971! The article was created on 21 August and nominated on 22 August, qualifying for DYK. It is well-sourced and Earwig shows a 0% similarity. I checked the two sources that are available online (sources 1 and 5) and found no issues. QPQ done. The hook is certainly the most interesting fact about the subject that could serve as hook material, and it is supported by the article in The New York Times. Good to go! —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜18:11, 30 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
Hello Dclemens1971! The article was created on 21 August and nominated on 22 August, qualifying for DYK. It is well-sourced and Earwig shows a 0% similarity. I checked the two sources that are available online (sources 1 and 5) and found no issues. QPQ done. The hook is certainly the most interesting fact about the subject that could serve as hook material, and it is supported by the article in The New York Times. Good to go! —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 18:11, 30 August 2025 (UTC)