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Library of Congress, Chronicling America; digitization contributed by Connecticut State Library. Preserved full-page PNG rendered from research PDF SRC-462; not the complete probate file.", "rights": "Scoped website/download/current-image assessment based on Library of Congress Chronicling America guidance for US newspapers more than 95 years old. Retain newspaper, issue, page and repository credit. Not a new license or worldwide legal warranty; commercial-book review remains separate.", "story": { "label": "Read this in the story", "href": "/stories/catherine-of-warren-court?moment=9" }, "attribution": { "sourceId": "MCP-US-1915-KELLY-PROBATE", "title": "James Kelly’s probate notice", "citation": "MCP-US-1915-KELLY-PROBATE, The Bridgeport Evening Farmer, 22 July 1915, page 10; James Kelly estate notice dated 18 June 1915, naming Catherine Kelly as administratrix. Library of Congress, Chronicling America; digitization contributed by Connecticut State Library. 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Book review separate.", "uses": { "website": "approved-for-this-use", "download": "approved-for-this-use", "transformation": "approved-for-this-use", "privacy": "approved-for-this-use", "book": "pending" }, "note": "Scoped editorial project-use assessment, not worldwide legal clearance or authorization to publish the Site. Any identified original-writing license is separate: these project-use statuses do not add restrictions to CC-licensed prose. 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Quoted third-party passages, linked media and source datasets or geometry retain their own terms. Editorial project-use assessments are not additional restrictions on licensed writing.", "originalWritingLicense": { "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attributionName": "Ed McPadden / The McPadden Project", "scope": "Original project-authored writing only, to the extent the project controls the rights. Quoted third-party passages, linked media, contributed material without license consent and source datasets or route geometry are excluded. Existing source terms remain separate." }, "uses": { "website": "approved-for-this-use", "download": "approved-for-this-use", "transformation": "pending", "privacy": "approved-for-this-use", "book": "pending" }, "note": "Scoped editorial project-use assessment, not worldwide legal clearance or authorization to publish the Site. Any identified original-writing license is separate: these project-use statuses do not add restrictions to CC-licensed prose. Retain source credits and stated limits.", "commercialUse": "Not approved by this export", "correctionLog": "https://mcpaddenproject.org/sources/corrections.md" }, "copyAvailability": "included" }, { "id": "MCP-US-1920-CENSUS-MCPADDEN", "title": "The McPadden household at the page edge", "date": "1920 census", "place": "Bridgeport · street unresolved", "kind": "United States census", "status": "Archive-linked", "local": "/sources/us-census-1920-bridgeport-james-mcpadden-household.jpg", "thumbnail": "/sources/us-census-1920-bridgeport-james-mcpadden-household.jpg", "external": "https://archive.org/details/14thcensusofpopu174unit/page/n456/mode/1up", "derivative": "/sources/us-census-1920-james-mcpadden-address-household-crop.jpg", "shows": "James on line 48, wife Catherine on 49 and daughter Catherine on 50 of sheet 21A.", "boundary": "445 is the family enumeration number, not an address. Sheet 21B continues this household with Cecelia, son James and boarder Patrick Casey. This sheet alone is incomplete; the street reading still needs confirmation.", "citation": "MCP-US-1920-CENSUS-MCPADDEN, 1920 United States census, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, ED 7, sheet 21A, lines 48–50; family enumeration number 445, not a street address. NARA T625, reel 174; Internet Archive leaf n456; digitization contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Independently acquired master SRC-508; displayed details are crops of this master. Continues on sheet 21B, SRC-509, lines 51–53. Street reading unresolved.", "rights": "Independently acquired scan of a US federal census record. Scoped editorial review supports website display, download and the labeled crops under the recorded NARA federal-record reproduction basis; not an item-specific license or worldwide legal certification. Retain repository and digitization credit. Book review remains separate.", "story": { "label": "Read this in the story", "href": "/stories/a-family-takes-root?moment=4" }, "acquisition": { "date": "2026-09-29", "note": "Independently downloaded archival scan, visually matched to the existing research page. Served full image and labeled crops now derive from SRC-508; earlier research copies remain preserved separately." }, "attribution": { "sourceId": "MCP-US-1920-CENSUS-MCPADDEN", "title": "The McPadden household at the page edge", "citation": "MCP-US-1920-CENSUS-MCPADDEN, 1920 United States census, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, ED 7, sheet 21A, lines 48–50; family enumeration number 445, not a street address. NARA T625, reel 174; Internet Archive leaf n456; digitization contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Independently acquired master SRC-508; displayed details are crops of this master. Continues on sheet 21B, SRC-509, lines 51–53. Street reading unresolved.", "recordUrl": "https://mcpaddenproject.org/evidence#MCP-US-1920-CENSUS-MCPADDEN", "rightsNote": "Independently acquired scan of a US federal census record. Scoped editorial review supports website display, download and the labeled crops under the recorded NARA federal-record reproduction basis; not an item-specific license or worldwide legal certification. Retain repository and digitization credit. Book review remains separate.", "evidenceLimit": "445 is the family enumeration number, not an address. Sheet 21B continues this household with Cecelia, son James and boarder Patrick Casey. This sheet alone is incomplete; the street reading still needs confirmation.", "projectLicense": null, "licenseNote": "No blanket project license is applied to this source. 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Columns 2–4 repeat house 637, dwelling 286 and family 445.", "boundary": "Read with sheet 21A, lines 48–50: six recorded household members, including three children. Jr. is an editorial distinction, not part of the son's entry. His fractional age and the street reading remain unresolved. Boarder does not establish kinship, friendship or how the household lived.", "citation": "MCP-US-1920-CENSUS-MCPADDEN-CONTINUATION, 1920 United States census, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, ED 7, sheet 21B, lines 51–53; continuation of family 445 from sheet 21A. NARA T625, reel 174; Internet Archive leaf n455; digitization contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Independently acquired master SRC-509; detail is an unretouched crop of this page. Name and age readings are editorial transcriptions, not vital-event certificates.", "rights": "Independently acquired scan of a US federal census record. Scoped editorial review supports website display, download and the labeled crop under the recorded NARA federal-record reproduction basis; not an item-specific license or worldwide legal certification. Retain repository and digitization credit. Book review remains separate.", "story": { "label": "Follow the household across both pages", "href": "/stories/a-family-takes-root?moment=4" }, "acquisition": { "date": "2026-09-29", "note": "Independently acquired as SRC-509 and read against SRC-508. Sheet 21B is a separate manuscript page, not a derivative of 21A. The reel runs in reverse sheet order here: n455 follows n456 in the manuscript." }, "attribution": { "sourceId": "MCP-US-1920-CENSUS-MCPADDEN-CONTINUATION", "title": "Turn the page: two children and a boarder", "citation": "MCP-US-1920-CENSUS-MCPADDEN-CONTINUATION, 1920 United States census, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, ED 7, sheet 21B, lines 51–53; continuation of family 445 from sheet 21A. 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Attribution may suit the medium; do not imply endorsement." }, "aliases": [], "dateSemantics": { "description": "1920 census", "precision": "As labeled; not a lifespan or a newly inferred exact date" }, "preservedCopy": "https://mcpaddenproject.org/sources/us-census-1920-mcpadden-continuation-sheet21b.jpg", "externalLocator": "https://archive.org/details/14thcensusofpopu174unit/page/n455/mode/1up", "accessNote": "External service may require an account or restrict access. A blocked request does not mean the evidence is missing.", "provenance": { "holding": "Preserved project research copy; original repository identified where a locator is supplied", "acquisitionDate": "2026-09-29", "acquisitionNote": "Independently acquired as SRC-509 and read against SRC-508. Sheet 21B is a separate manuscript page, not a derivative of 21A. 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Retain source credits and stated limits.", "commercialUse": "Not approved by this export", "correctionLog": "https://mcpaddenproject.org/sources/corrections.md" }, "copyAvailability": "included" }, { "id": "MCP-US-1940-CENSUS-MCPADDEN", "title": "The changing Sherwood Avenue household", "date": "1940 census · includes a 1935 residence question", "place": "67 Sherwood Avenue, Bridgeport", "kind": "United States census", "status": "Archive-linked", "local": "/sources/us-census-1940-bridgeport-james-mcpadden-household.jpg", "thumbnail": "/sources/us-census-1940-bridgeport-james-mcpadden-household.jpg", "external": "https://nara-1940-census.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/population-schedules/ct/fairfield-county/ed/9-48/m-t0627-00531-00143.jpg", "derivative": "/sources/us-census-1940-james-mcpadden-address-household-crop.jpg", "shows": "James, Catherine and four children; employment and earlier-residence answers.", "boundary": "The oldest daughter’s absence does not explain where she went. 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