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Week 16/52 #52Ancestorsin52Weeks Sarah Stores - Negatives?

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Sarah CARRETT (nee STORES) – 1856-1934 Ahnentafel Number 21 Context for discovery: This biography was written as part of the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks exercise devised by Amy Johnson Crow.   You can join in too here. The theme for this month is Check It Out and this week is Negatives? Amy says: “ There are some negatives to family history... Discovering something "negative" about an ancestor, not finding what you were expecting, and even film negatives. This week, explore one of those negatives.” Sarah was my 2 nd great-grandmother.I'd show you a picture of her here but it's not mine to share.  I have asked permission from the picture owner on Ancestry and await a response eagerly :) So, I don't have any film negatives obviously but I have found a newspaper article that does contain some information that could be viewed negatively.  Given Sarah is now deceased and the accusation was denied by her husband, we can see it as an interesting item from