My mum was always known as Liz, but her name was actually Gladys. The mason flatly refused to put Liz on her headstone, he said it wasn't the proper thing to do. Perhaps the mason in your gt gt grandmother's case wasn't so particular ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue England" <suee@exemail.com.au> To: <aus-nsw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW] Missing entries in on-line BDM > Hi Jean, > > Just another take on headstones.. > I have a photo of a headstone of my gt gt grandmother with the wrong > first name. I'm 99.9% sure about this as i have a lot of other > documentation with her first name. > Its the same date of death, and on the same headstone as her daughter > and another relative. Its possible that the headstone was erected some > time later , and whoever has organised it, has not known her first name? > I aways thought information on a headstone was definitive, but now i try > to find out who erected the headstone... how long is a piece of string ? > :)) > > Cheers > > Sue >