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Re: Arkansas mystery. My Great-Great-Great grandmother and grandfather were called Robert Harris (born Coombe, Salisbury, England 1845) and Caroline (born Highfield, Southampton, England 1847-49) they were married in Southampton April-June 1869.  They emigrated to America, on a ship from Southampton to Charlestown, and lived in Arkansas between 1871-1879 (why??) after which time they returned to England. They had 8 children. One of the children, a daughter, was called Lily Ethel (born between 1870-1879). I know about her from later family history, and she claimed to be the daughter of these people, but she puts her place of birth as in Southampton, when I now know they were in America at the time!! Who is she?  Was she lying or did she simply not know that she was born in America? Would there have been a reason to keep her birth place a secret? How do I find her birth in the American records (it is not in UK records)? What if she was born on a ship? What if she was someone they 'picked up' in America and brought into England with a false ID? Please does anyone have any ideas?