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So interesting! Thank you!

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Please read Saul Newman's article “Superannuated and Oldest-Oldest Are Concentrated in Regions with No Birth Certificates and Short Life Expectancy”

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Thanks! Will check it out. In this case, I saw the records first hand. They have extremely well documented records of birth, location, parents names, and death details going back to the 1860s.

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