Hi Everyone-Happy Valentine's Day! May I add that poor record keeping doesn't just exist in old record's but new one's also. My grandmother died 9-1968. Her name was Ada. After I began genealogy (which quickly turned into a passion) I decided to get record's for all family member's that I could. Much to my surprise my grandmother's death certificate has her name as Adra. A major typo to me! When I contacted Vital Record's to have it corrected, I was told I'd have to bring her birth certificate, old letter's, document's, SS# and any other paper's I could find. Not even one of her children can vouch for the correct spelling. This is easier said than done, as I live several hundred miles away, have no old paper's, at this point in time have no birth certificate for her and she never had a SS#! Because of someone's lack of attention, I will now have to do a lot of unnecessary work to correct something that should have never happened! Some of you might think this isn't a big deal but to me, it is very important to have her name correct. Someone in the future may copy it Adra and forever it will continue to be recorded wrong. Thanks for letting me share and vent... Brenda Jo