Me too! My g-grandmother died Oct. 30, 1896. BUT she appears live and well in the 1900 census! Go figure! I too have her obit, along with her burial card and picture of her tomb. So, there is no question that she had passed! Strangely, the data on the census would have been correct had she been alive, as in how many years was she married? How many live kids? All except her place of birth....weird! Judie On Sep 15, 2008, at 3:42 PM, Pat wrote: > I had an ancestor show up on the census four years after he died. > Now THAT is confusing, as we had the newspaper obit. One of life's > little mysteries. Pat > > > Our Regan Cousins: http://cousintocousin.tribalpages.com > > > --- On Sun, 9/14/08, Don Krieger <dkrieger@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > From: Don Krieger <dkrieger@alum.mit.edu> > Subject: [CASANFRA] Directory Listings for the Deceased > To: CASANFRA@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 9:41 AM > > I definitely concur that the deceased often continue to be listed in > directories. This is particularly true of phone books. Usually the > family > phone is listed in the name of the husband. If he dies but the rest > of the > family remains in the home, the listing may remain in his name for > 20 years > or longer. > > City directories are usually a bit better. I have not seen erroneous > listings persist for decades although I'm sure that it happens. But > the > mechanism for maintaining the listings is obviously different than > for phone > listings where all that matters is if the bill continues to be paid. > > Don > snip > > > > ************************** > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message