I know what you mean about reliable information. My great grandpa Dvorak died in 1927 and the informant who gave the info to the guy who made the death certificate, said he died at age 76.........but his birth year in the 1881 ship record I have says he was born in 1849........ My great grandma Dvorak was listed as about 80 when she died in 1931, but her year of birth was also 1849 in the same ship record......the ages don't meld......so i think SOMEONE made a mistake oh well. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan To: CZECH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [CZ] Re: Vaclav Just remember that the names on the death certificates are only as reliable as the informant and you'll find that the informants were not always sure and were not particularly interested in accuracy...men and maiden names are at particular risk! If a person is asked what was your mother's maiden name? and his mother died many years before--what does he give? Techa instead of Tichy. Actually that isn't too bad--correct amount of letters and starts with a "T" Then there is Vnuk which was incorrectly given as Utte--hardly even close. And of course the worse misconstruing- - Odstupil instead of Wostoupal. Makes research interesting in USA but I cannot imagine what it would be like in Czech Rep or elsewhere; I know I could never read any of my own names as I have seen some names which do not even look similar. Joan Smart Peterson ---- Original Message ----- From: "Stefanie" <CercaPenna@comcast.net> To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [CZ] Re: Vaclav > I just found out from my GGM marriage license that her father's name was > Vaclav. However on her death certificate it's listed as Joseph. > > Stefanie > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== All matters pertaining to list administration are exclusively handled by the List Administrator. If you have personal problems, questions or suggestions about list mail send an email to the administrator. The subject is not appropriate for list discussion. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.688 / Virus Database: 449 - Release Date: 5/18/04