Odds and Ends from Recent Genealogy Research

I've found some odd/interesting things as well as some notable "ends" in my recent family history research.In the past few weeks, I've been surprised to learn these oddities and discoveries, sometimes from documents and sometimes from old newspapers:Alabama was once the quickie divorce capital of America! Based in New York City, Violet Schwartz Winton, the sister-in-law of my 1c2r, was divorced in 1958 in Alabama, of all places. Why? Only a 24-hour residency was needed for a "quickie divorce" in Alabama. Lots of famous people divorced in Alabama (millionaires, movie and TV stars, etc.). Much faster than going to Reno, Nevada.The 1880 US Census asks about a very broad range of illnesses and disabilities. Usually I see notations like blind or mute, but in the case of Elizabeth McCann Caldwell, wife of hubby's 1c3r, the enumerator wrote "paralyzed on right side." Elizabeth was pregnant then, and gave birth to her last child a few months later. This enumerator was very detail-oriented:…