Hi Listers, I was just wondering if I am the only person who has errors in the information on certificates or is it fairly common. I have recently received a death certificate with the wrong name for her late husband. In the 1891 census residing at 8/9 Flag Lane are John Hunter, a block mastmaker by trade and his wife Elizabeth. John passed away 29/04/1893, the only error being his age which I accept is fairly normal on a death certificate. His Wife Elizabeth died 22/01/1898, I have the burial entry which confirms this date,address and that she was the wife of John Hunter block mastmaker. However when I sent for the death certificate the address was right,Flag Lane, the date of death was right but the husband was wrong it had William Hunter instead of John. When I checked the declarent on the 1901 census she was just a sick nurse. Were there no checks made to ensure that the information was correct. I would be interested to know if other listers have had similar problems. Regards Ian

Hi , I my self had a sister in law ,she died ,she was always known as Mary , but her first name wasn't Mary she was Heather Mary , and certificates are only as good as the person giving the information, and again half the time they did not know how old the person was ,just assumed a date ,same with headstones so take ages with a pinch of salt . Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Ridley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 7:36 PM Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Errors in civil Registration > Hi Listers, > I was just wondering if I am the only person who has errors in the > information on certificates or is it fairly common. > I have recently received a death certificate with the wrong name for her > late husband. > In the 1891 census residing at 8/9 Flag Lane are John Hunter, a block > mastmaker by trade and his wife Elizabeth. > John passed away 29/04/1893, the only error being his age which I accept > is fairly normal on a death certificate. > His Wife Elizabeth died 22/01/1898, I have the burial entry which confirms > this date,address and that she was the wife of John Hunter block > mastmaker. However when I sent for the death certificate the address was > right,Flag Lane, the date of death was right but the husband was wrong it > had William Hunter instead of John. When I checked the declarent on the > 1901 census she was just a sick nurse. > Were there no checks made to ensure that the information was correct. I > would be interested to know if other listers have had similar problems. > Regards > > Ian > > ------------------------------- > 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 >