Reply in CAPS in the message: ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary E Gardner <mary.gardner@juno.com> To: <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 6:58 PM Subject: Re: Thank you > Bill, > > Some one, or group, needs to tell us who did this work. We certainly > appreciate all the volunteers who work to help us in our search. > 1900 CENSUS IS BEING DONE BY BECKY HORVATH.. > Did you notice the date of the entry for Calvin Mattox? Keep in mind, > some tombstones are set many years after the burial. Sometimes they are > marked from memory and not from dates written and stored. > THE STONE HAS DEC 23, 1899 AND IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE. AM BETTING THAT IT WAS DONE FROM MEMORY AND THEY ARE OFF BY A YEAR. PLANS ARE TO GET A COPY OF THE DEATH CERT NEXT TIME I AM OVER THERE. I KNOW OF ONE OTHER STONE IN SANDERS THAT IS IN ERROR ON THE DATES.... STONES LIKE SO MANY OTHER SOURCES ARE SUBJECT TO ERROR, AS YOU SAY.. > Mary > > On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 19:35:08 -0500 "William Strahle" > <photobuff@argphotoshop.com> writes: > > To whomever put up the 1900 Clay Co Census, my heartfelt thanks. It > > did raise an eyebrow, though. I have a photograph of the tombstone > > for Calvin Mattox with the date Dec 23, 1899 as the date of death. > > Imagine my surprise when I find him listed in the 1900 census! Just > > who do you believe these days...*laugh* So, I placed his census > > record in my computer file after his death date... > > > > Anyway, thanks again... > > > > Bill Strahle > > > > > > ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > > To contact the INCLAY list owner,send a message to; > > fred@claynet.com > > > > > ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > Be sure to visit the InGenWeb site for links to all Indiana Counties; > http://www.ingenweb.org/ >