This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Orlena39 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.crawford/958.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you. It's amazing how many actual recorded records, not just obituaries have the wrong information on them. Obituaries often have wrong information in them and they mostly do NOT get corrected and republished anymore. It wasn't unusual for birth certificates to have the wrong date and/or other facts either. People never knew there was a mistake until they needed the certificate and purchased it years later. When I finally got mine, I found mistakes and was told it was to late to correct them. When we got my husbands, it was one of the made later type, we discovered he hadn't been born where he'd been told. So all his/our records including our sons birth certificates have his birthplace wrong. Not only the wrong town, but it was placed in the wrong county. I've found tombstones with birthdates off by 10 years or more. They were actual mistakes, not someone trying to be younger. Tombstones placed later even have incorrect death dates. I still don't understand why the family accepted tombstones with the wrong information, even names spelled wrong. I'm not talking about homemade markers, or people who couldn't read either. Even with proof, there can still be errors. It's really frustrating. Orlena ~~~~~~ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.