I would be guided by who gave the information, i.e Is the informant likely to have had first hand knowledge, or were they only likely to have known what they were told by someone else? Mervyn Sent from my iPhone > On 21 Dec 2015, at 22:35, Dennis Hawkins via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > 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