Bette, Thank you for all the information you send. You do a wonderful service. Merry Christmas, Margie Ramirez ---- Bette Bunker Richards via <[email protected]> wrote: > I took a look at some Barnstead, NH vital records at www.usgennet.org which > I thought might be a good source. After all it is supposed to be vital > records right? Unfortunately, there are many "about" dates for births and > marriages. There are marriages of children before the parents were 10 > years old. The lists have the early 1800s dates given as 1900s like many > other computer lists. While you can look at this for some assistance for > finding your ancestors, I would not rely on it for accuracy. My definition > of vital records is records kept by governmental authorities that are > original records. Obviously, this site cannot be that as vital records > have actual dates and not "about" dates. > > Can you imagine getting a birth certificate or marriage license that said > your were born about 1945 or married about 1960? > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'll second that! On 12/22/2014 9:08 AM, margie2e via wrote: > Bette, > > Thank you for all the information you send. You do a wonderful service. > > Merry Christmas, Margie Ramirez > > ---- Bette Bunker Richards via <[email protected]> wrote: >> I took a look at some Barnstead, NH vital records at www.usgennet.org which >> I thought might be a good source. After all it is supposed to be vital >> records right? Unfortunately, there are many "about" dates for births and >> marriages. There are marriages of children before the parents were 10 >> years old. The lists have the early 1800s dates given as 1900s like many >> other computer lists. While you can look at this for some assistance for >> finding your ancestors, I would not rely on it for accuracy. My definition >> of vital records is records kept by governmental authorities that are >> original records. Obviously, this site cannot be that as vital records >> have actual dates and not "about" dates. >> >> Can you imagine getting a birth certificate or marriage license that said >> your were born about 1945 or married about 1960? >> >> Bette >> ***************************** >> If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >