You are correct about the accuracy on any certificate and including the census'. It's just part of the puzzle. And it all depends on who is filling out the information. Sometimes the hospital fills it out and most of it is blank or "unknown." When all added up, you may have chaos or a genuinely correct history. After all, if it was easy, it wouldn't be as interesting and one wouldn't learn as much, however, one can definitely use some good news more often than not. In the 1960's there were more blank walls than I could tolerate and I gave up, especially after my one experience in hiring a researcher who really was not allowed to research for payment! Finally when I was told that he did not take the money from the bank, his friend wrote to me that he was being watched by the police, I decided it was time towithhold any more enthusiasm and quietly stopped research. Websites such as this one has quietly interjected more good news for the researcher and am grateful for it! Joan Smart/Smatt Peterson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Kuska" <kuska@neo.rr.com> To: <czech@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [CZ] TRSEK Surname from Bohemia > Please be aware of the possibility that information on a death certificate > may not be accurate. I assume that this may be due to the stress of the > moment. For example three brothers and sisters had three different maiden > (last) names for their mother. When I contracted a Czech genealogist to > check the Czech records, I found that 2 of the 3 were close but none were > completely correct. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message