I received the death certificate of my great grandmother today. Her parents are listed as William Henry Miller and Katherine Duckworth. It lists him as being born in Germany and her in Lonaconing. This information was given by her son, Arch Hott as the informant. The information I have received from census, lists her parents as William George Miller born in Lonaconing and Dorcas Catherine Duckworth born in Lonaconing as her mother. Would I be better off to go by the census names then the death certificate, as possibly her son was wrong when he gave the information for the death certificate? Thanks. Carol

Hi Carol, That was fast, I am so happy for you to finally have the info. That you need. >From my experience with death certs. Is if I had to choose between a census record and death cert. I would go with the census record. I have found many times death cert. contain wrong info. It might be a first name, place of birth but through my research I have found it was incorrectly given by a family member. So my vote is to use census info. V. death cert. info. This is so exciting that you have proof of who she is, and there are folks on the list that have more info to share with you. WOW....Great work Allegany list provided by rootsweb for us to share with others and to the admin. that keeps us focused.. A great day... Barb Hott -----Original Message----- From: mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carol Dinning Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 3:59 PM To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDALLEGA] Miller Hott I received the death certificate of my great grandmother today. Her parents are listed as William Henry Miller and Katherine Duckworth. It lists him as being born in Germany and her in Lonaconing. This information was given by her son, Arch Hott as the informant. The information I have received from census, lists her parents as William George Miller born in Lonaconing and Dorcas Catherine Duckworth born in Lonaconing as her mother. Would I be better off to go by the census names then the death certificate, as possibly her son was wrong when he gave the information for the death certificate? Thanks. Carol ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes I am excited also. Thanks for your help. Keep in touch. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb" <reiss46@verizon.net> To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Miller Hott > Hi Carol, > > That was fast, I am so happy for you to finally have the info. That you > need. > >>From my experience with death certs. Is if I had to choose between a >>census > record and death cert. I would go with the census record. I have found > many > times death cert. contain wrong info. It might be a first name, place of > birth but through my research I have found it was incorrectly given by a > family member. > > So my vote is to use census info. V. death cert. info. > > This is so exciting that you have proof of who she is, and there are folks > on the list that have more info to share with you. > > WOW....Great work Allegany list provided by rootsweb for us to share with > others and to the admin. that keeps us focused.. > > A great day... > > Barb Hott > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Carol Dinning > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 3:59 PM > To: mdallega@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MDALLEGA] Miller Hott > > I received the death certificate of my great grandmother today. Her > parents are listed as William Henry Miller and Katherine Duckworth. It > lists him as being born in Germany and her in Lonaconing. This > information > was given by her son, Arch Hott as the informant. > > The information I have received from census, lists her parents as William > George Miller born in Lonaconing and Dorcas Catherine Duckworth born in > Lonaconing as her mother. > > Would I be better off to go by the census names then the death > certificate, > as possibly her son was wrong when he gave the information for the death > certificate? Thanks. Carol > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >