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!!!! -----Original Message----- From: Shirley <[log in to unmask]> To: VA-ROOTS <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Mon, Mar 14, 2011 11:52 am Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Wrong Records 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)" < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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!" > > 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. > > Brent Tarter > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html