Disproven Existence Notice: Sarah (Boosey) Lake [closed]

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Sarah (Boosey) Lake has been shown never to have existed, although she appears in many internet trees. Details of the research are on her profile. She should probably be moved to the Disproven Existence Project.

Can she be declared appropriately disproven and moved to the Disproven Existence project?

WikiTree profile: Sarah Lake
closed with the note: Completed.
in Genealogy Help by Bobbie Hall G2G6 Pilot (349k points)
closed by Bobbie Hall
Just out of curiosity, to increase my knowledge, how does one prove that someone never existed?

In this case, checking for the supposed records given in "sources" which don't exist. There is no record of a Sarah Boosey who married a John Lake and lived in the locations claimed. If she did exist and records are later found to prove it, she can be reinstated using those sources.

See the Disproven Existence ProjectDisproven Existence, and the template page (with instructions).

Thank you, Bobbie, for the explanation.

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Done.  She now has the correct category and is managed by Disproven Existence Project.
by Jack Day G2G6 Pilot (463k points)
selected by Bobbie Hall
Thank you again, Jack! (How to eat an elephant: one bite at a time...)

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