And I would go by the earlier records, such as marriage, because they probably provided it. A death record, tombstone information was provided by someone else, often a grown child who might not have remembered correctly. Susan Sent from my iPhone On Apr 4, 2011, at 1:29 PM, juliasgenes <juliasgenes@yahoo.com> wrote: > That's a rampant problem with my immigrants, too - death certificates and obits give different birth dates than marriage documents, for instance. I guess knowing your birth date just wasn't as important to them or they didn't have the actual documents to remind them. All in all, I go with the dates given on the earliest records - marriage certificates or birth certificates for their earliest children - on the theory that the memory was fresher then. > > The generation that was born in the USA seemed to have no problem with date consistency. > > > --- On Mon, 4/4/11, Ann Johnson <regjohnson@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > ...There was great confusion about the year of his birth previously; several other years could be inferred from other documents... > > Ann > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message