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SheilaT

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15. Hmm. I may go ahead and buy some larger paper.

Reply to KatyaR (Reply #14)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 10:20 PM

Apr 2012

Maybe I could go to Staples or somewhere and they'd have even larger paper.

I am so totally psyched at finding those records, and finding them so quickly. But if you don't already know where someone lives, can the records be searched by name?

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