Sometimes this is due to changing town/county borders. Check old maps when you find a discrepancy. This has solved a couple of brick walls for me. Lillian in Houston -----Original Message----- From: bc books <bcbooks@juno.com> To: BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com <BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [BOSTON] Question About Obtaining Birth Records >Hi Wendy, >I have often found mis information on death certificates. It depends who >is giving the information. On my genealogy search death certificates >have given me incorrect maiden names, birth places, even wrong burial >places. The different burial place drove me nuts. Not only wasn't my >ancestor not burried in the cemetary it stated, but I found them in a >different town. When an informer gives the information for the death >certificate they give the best to their knowledge, and also a lot of >times they are grieving. > >Good Luck >Gayle >On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 18:04:17 -0500 "Wendy" <catwoman@enter.net> writes: >> Hello, >> I just recently sent for a copy of a birth certificate from 1900 >> from the Massachusetts Archives. I received a letter back stating >> that they couldn't find a birth certificate though the death >> certificate of the person stated the person was born in Boston, >> Mass. Is there another place that would hold the birth records. Or >> does anyone have any suggestions on where to look next? >> Thanks so much!!!! >> >> With Warm Regards, >> Wendy >> >> >> ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== >> Discover the City Archives and Records of Boston: >> http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/archivesandrecords/information.asp >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >> records, go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> > > >Visit us at http://www.bookcasebooks.com >We list with over 8,000 other used bookdealers on Advance Book Exchange >Visit them at: http://www.abebooks.com > > >==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== >Discover the City Archives and Records of Boston: >http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/archivesandrecords/information.asp > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >