Hi Jill & All: Yes, good example.... and when my dad died, I wasn't exactly sure of some info either, but made sure I got it RIGHT so it would go on the certificate correctly. I am an Adoption Search Consultant (help adoptees & birthparents/families) to find each other, and that's one of the things I always tell people, when looking at someone's Death Certificate: FIND OUT WHO THE 'INFORMANT' was because they are most likely 'next of kin', but the info given on the Cert. if going to be from the informant's MEMORY (right or wrong!) .... *Tina* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Florence Lackey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "ldsfhc" <[email protected]>; "tinasfamilyhistory" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "KINGERYRW" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Lemasters" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "GACHARLT" <[email protected]>; "GAWILKIN" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 3:43 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [MooreSouth] FH Poem > That was indeed a powerful poem. I am reminded when my father died and the > official needed information for the death certificate. I was so emotionally > exhausted that I could not recall the state in which his mother was born. > The official said we could list it as "unknown," "except," she said, "years > from now someone doing genealogy will be looking everywhere for this > information." I told her I would research it and call her back. It was > Iowa. I am so glad she reminded me of the importance of these data. > > Jill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tina Peddie" <[email protected]> > To: "ldsfhc" <[email protected]>; "tinasfamilyhistory" > <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "KINGERYRW" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Lemasters" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; "GACHARLT" <[email protected]>; "GAWILKIN" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 2:41 PM > Subject: [MooreSouth] FH Poem > > > > > > > > Subject: Census > > > > It was the first day of census, and all through the land each > > pollster was ready ... a black book in hand. He mounted his horse > > for a long dusty ride, his book and some quills were tucked close by > > his side. A long winding ride down a road barely there, toward the > > smell of fresh bread wafting, up through the air. > > > > The woman was tired, with lines on her face and wisps of brown hair > > she tucked back into place. She gave him some water ... as they sat > > at the table and she answered his questions ... the best she was > > able. He asked her of children. Yes, she had quite a few -- the > > oldest was twenty, the youngest not two. > > > > She held up a toddler with cheeks round and red; his sister, she > > whispered, was napping in bed. She noted each person who lived there > > with pride, and she felt the faint stirrings of the wee one inside. > > He noted the sex, the color, the age...the marks from the quill soon > > filled up the page. > > > > At the number of children, she nodded her head and saw her lips > > quiver for the three that were dead. The places of birth she "never > > forgot" was it Kansas? or Utah? or Oregon... or not? They came from > > Scotland, of that she was clear, but she wasn't quite sure just how > > long they'd been here. > > > > They spoke of employment, of schooling and such, they could read > > some ... and write some ... though really not much. When the > > questions were answered, his job there was done so he mounted his > > horse and he rode toward the sun. We can almost imagine his voice > > loud and clear, "May God bless you all for another ten years." > > > > Now picture a time warp ... its' now you and me as we search for the > > people on our family tree. We squint at the census and scroll down > > so slow as we search for that entry from long, long ago. Could they > > only imagine on that long ago day that the entries they made would > > effect us this way? > > > > If they knew would they wonder at the yearning we feel and the > > searching that makes them so increasingly real. 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