Unfortunately the birth date on a death cert Just reflect what the reporter "thought" the deceased's age was. Often even family members were not sure. About as reliable as ages on censuses ! Peter -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Hawkins via Sent: 21 December 2015 22:36 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Primary Evidence I have a death certificate which lists the birth date of the subject. Is this primary evidence of birth date? Dennis Hawkins ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Peter What you say is true. It was my brother who reported our fathers death and he said 1889 instead of 1891 Victor On 21/12/2015 10:54 PM, Peter Hirons via wrote: > Unfortunately the birth date on a death cert Just reflect what the reporter > "thought" the deceased's age was. Often even family members were not sure. > About as reliable as ages on censuses ! > > Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dennis > Hawkins via > Sent: 21 December 2015 22:36 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHU] Primary Evidence > > I have a death certificate which lists the birth date of the subject. Is > this primary evidence of birth date? > Dennis Hawkins > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message