Also another thing you can do if you have located the Headstone, is contact the cemetery office & ask for a copy of their burial file (depending on the yr. of death they may have it) & it may also give you an obit notice or something that show's date's too. Alli blachowskij@mail.interquest.de wrote: > Don't ever rule out someone because of a date on a tombstone. I > have an Abraham Farris that had his birthdate on his stone as October > 10, 1849 and an article in the local paper about him living to be > almost 100 years old. But through several census records in two > different counties, his birthdate should have been December 1860. > This really caused me a problem at first. I have no idea why his > stone is like this or if this was a common problem. I just learned > to check around more before assuming that it's correct because it's > written in stone. (pardon the pun) > Janet Blachowski > > From: Debihula@aol.com > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:00:46 EST > Subject: [FARRIS-L] Polly Faris > To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com > Reply-to: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com > > There is a Polly Faris, 65 yrs. living in Fluvanna Co with Nancy, 37; Lucy, > 14; and Willie, 8; in 1880 VA census. Willie is listed as living with this > family, relationship not reported. Anyone know anything about this Willie? > Could it be my William Oat Farris, born 1872? Maybe he is living with his > grandmother? > > Another curious thing in the 1880 VA census: Oat Farris, 10 years old living > with James Blackwell as a boarder, servant, in Washington Co. > > Family history has my ggrandfather William Oat born in Saltville, Washington > Co in 1872 (1872 is year on his tombstone in Ring Family Cemetary). Maybe > this date is wrong and he is really 10? I know I am stretching....... > > There is just no family in VA with Frank, Flora, Sidney and William Oat Farris > (faris et.al.) in 1880.....sigh > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > You may search the Farris-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > In the surname field, type in Farris > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > Submit your "Most Wanted Farris" to me and I will place your query on the "FARRIS MOST WANTED" web site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/FMW.html