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 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Wrong Records > To: [log in to unmask] > > 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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html