Hi June Yes. I am aware that you can get DCs changed. My mother-in-law's had seven (7) yes, seven errors. The information was given by a son who was not particularly interested in family so when I got a copy and found all the errors I wrote to the RG pointing out all the errors (I had all the relevant certificates e.g. birth, marriage, children's births etc). Firstly, they ask the Informant to make the corrections. In this case, the informant refused. I was then asked to resubmit ALL the information for consideration by the RG - which it was and I was informed (by letter) that the corrections had been made to the original in their records. I have been told by others in this situation, that the RG has forwarded them a copy of the amended certificate (without charge). Unfortunately, this didnt' happen in my case, although I do have the letter informing me that the amendments are on record. I have placed my original letter setting out the Seven errors so the certificate can be read correctly. With my father-in-law's death cert. my late husband is merely noted as "deceased children 1" no name given, although on another family member's cert. the deceased children are all named with their age at death. Regards, Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "june m robinson" <therobos2@tadaust.org.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Notices - 15 Sept 1980 - BAUER > Hi Kay, > If you had anyone omitted from death certificates you can get them changed > We were left off our fathers death certificate and we had to produce all > certificates to prove who we were and that he was really our father and > the > death certificate was changed. > June > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kay Clarke" <kaynkev@tpg.com.au> > To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 6:05 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Notices - 15 Sept 1980 - BAUER

Hi All I will throw my comments in on this topic. My great grandfathers Death Cert had listed the incorrect wife. I obtained from England, the relevant Marriage and Birth Certs but the Registrar refused to amend the Death Certificate because there was insufficient information. All parties to the Death Certificate including Informants and Witnesses are now dead. In the case of the Death Cert, the informant was his daughter, my grandmother. It would be reasonable to assume the daughter would know the name of her mother. However, my great grandmother left her husband around 1902 when my grandmother was a young girl of about 14. There was another female person with a similar name. In fact when I investigated the family, I was convinced this second person was my great grandmother until my New Zealand cousin produced enough evidence to conclude she was not my great grandmother. However, this person had contact with my grandmother, so it is conceivable my grandmother believed her to be her own mother, whereas in fact she was her Cousin but with similar names. My Great Grandmother left her husband with 4 girls, the youngest about 2-4. To this day I have not been able to find any information on my Great Grandmother after she left her husband. Even with this information, the Registrar would not correct the Death Cert. I have resigned to the fact that another error of fact will remain in perpetuity. My great grandmother: Mary Harding Collamore (nee Harris) born Marwood DEV 1855 My first cousin twice removed : Mary Elizabeth Davis (nee Harris) born Marwood 1876 My Great Grandfather: Thomas James Collamore born 1855 Marwood My Great Grandfather's Death Cert only showed his wife as Mary Harris born Marwood DEV (no year) because my grandmother simply didn't know. Cheers Jane and Doug Hinton Canberra <gregh2@iinet.net.au> -----Original Message----- From: aus-qld-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-qld-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kay Clarke Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2008 7:18 AM To: aus-qld@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Notices - 15 Sept 1980 - BAUER Hi June Yes. I am aware that you can get DCs changed. My mother-in-law's had seven (7) yes, seven errors. The information was given by a son who was not particularly interested in family so when I got a copy and found all the errors I wrote to the RG pointing out all the errors (I had all the relevant certificates e.g. birth, marriage, children's births etc). Firstly, they ask the Informant to make the corrections. In this case, the informant refused. I was then asked to resubmit ALL the information for consideration by the RG - which it was and I was informed (by letter) that the corrections had been made to the original in their records. I have been told by others in this situation, that the RG has forwarded them a copy of the amended certificate (without charge). Unfortunately, this didnt' happen in my case, although I do have the letter informing me that the amendments are on record. I have placed my original letter setting out the Seven errors so the certificate can be read correctly. With my father-in-law's death cert. my late husband is merely noted as "deceased children 1" no name given, although on another family member's cert. the deceased children are all named with their age at death. Regards, Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "june m robinson" <therobos2@tadaust.org.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Notices - 15 Sept 1980 - BAUER > Hi Kay, > If you had anyone omitted from death certificates you can get them changed > We were left off our fathers death certificate and we had to produce all > certificates to prove who we were and that he was really our father and > the > death certificate was changed. > June > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kay Clarke" <kaynkev@tpg.com.au> > To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 6:05 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Notices - 15 Sept 1980 - BAUER ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 295 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message