Depending on the whim of the moment, my grandmother said she was born in either Lawrenceville or Stone Mountain GA. No birth certificate, no living siblings to ask--so my mother just flipped a coin and my grandmother's death certificate says she was born in Lawrenceville. In my genealogy records I usually follow suit or do it as either/or.
> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:18:12 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Wrong Records
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> My own dear brother gave some slightly inaccurate information on our mother's death certificate!!!
> When I looked into correcting it, it was so complicated and expensive, I didn't even bother!
> Shame on me!!!!
> And that's one of the ways these mistakes get perpetuated!!!!
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> From: Shirley <[log in to unmask]>
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> So very very true re mistakes in records. When researching my paternal line
> on my great grandmother's death certificate it listed her mother as Virginia
> Lockett. I searched and searched (for over a year) until a nice person
> emailed me to say all signs pointed to Virginia Flournoy..He was correct! My
> grandfather was most likely very rattled when he gave the info to the
> funeral home!
> On Mar 14, 2011 2:10 PM, "Tarter, Brent (LVA)" <
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> > Peggy Clemens Lauritzen wrote a few minutes ago, "My sister was married
> > 25 JUNE 1960. Just a few years ago, we were going through her belongings
> > and ran across her marriage certificate. It was clearly dated 25 JULY
> > 1960!"
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> > Mistakes in records certainly occur. Several years ago we got a
> > telephone call about 12:10 Christmas morning that my wife's mother had
> > been discovered dead when the staff of the nursing home where she lived
> > made midnight rounds. The odds are that she died between 11:00 p.m.
> > rounds and midnight 24 December, but by the time the medical attendant
> > got there and verified her death it was nearly 1:00 o'clock 25 December,
> > and that is the date on the death certificate.
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> > Brent Tarter
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