AH! But did you get the state to correct the information? If so, how? Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice Hancock <janiceh@airmail.net> To: Mary Lander <jacknday@datasync.com> Cc: <MIssISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Corrected Death Certificates... > Another easy way is to find a siblings birth/death certificate... > > I sent for my paternal g/m's death cert...her youngest son, gave the > information...which was all wrong! My g/m had a brother that my father gave > the information for and I got at least one correct name, my dad didn't know > the mother's name, but knew the father's...so with that and census I pieced > the puzzle together and got the correct info.... > > Regards > Janice > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Lander" <jacknday@datasync.com> > To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 9:37 AM > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Corrected Death Certificates... > > > > Gerald, this sounds interesting. Please tell me how to do just this. I try > > to avoid having to have contact with > > county clerks (which are you talking about---chancery or circuit---civics > > was not a favorite subject of mine?) > > and I am unsure as to just what the SSDI is and how to "get" there. > > > > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gerald Gieger <giegerg@hotmail.com> > > To: <jacknday@datasync.com> > > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Corrected Death Certificates... > > > > > > > Mary, there are hundreds of thousands of DC that have incorrect > > > information...The persons providing the information are distraught, > > pressed > > > for time, or plainly should not the one filling out the Form. Precisely, > > why > > > you must document with more than one source...so don't even consider > > > spending money to correct it...just go to the Rootsweb SSDI and put that > > > information in a Post-it note against his SS entry...In Texas, you can > do > > > what you suggest and submit an Amended or Corrected Certificate, at > about > > > $30, and it will get filed, albeit future researchers can still get > both, > > or > > > either... > > > > > > Some well-to-do folks used to take their Will to the County Clerk and > file > > > it for record, just in case someone else tried to destroy the Original, > > > after the Testator's demise, but before it was Probated...or were afraid > > it > > > might get lost and not be there to Probate...This practice was > > discouraged, > > > but not prohibited...so you could file a Corrected Death Certificate at > > the > > > Clerk's office for about $3, or an Affidavit of Fact stating the same > > > info... > > > > > > If they left it open for anyone to change, anytime, we would have lots > of > > > conflicts...People's memories change with time. > > > > > > Gerry > > > > > > >From: "Mary Lander" <jacknday@datasync.com> > > > >To: MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com > > > >Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Ridiculous charges. > > > >Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 03:17:47 -0500 > > > > > > > >I have been watching the messages about the injustice of SS fees. Think > > > >about this one. > > > >My grandfather died in 1945. Several years ago I ordered a copy of his > > > >death > > > >certificate and found that my own father had given the information and > > > >that, > > > >for some strange reason, had listed as Grandpa's mother's name the name > > of > > > >his grandmother. I have checked with the Vital Statistics in Jackson > > > >several > > > >times, with several attorneys, and all agree that I would have to hire > a > > > >specific type of lawyer, wait until the "case" goes to court to present > > my > > > >"evidence" and pay a huge fee to accomplish the simple matter of > > correcting > > > >incorrect information. Meanwhile, > > > >anyone searching for genealogical information would find incorrect, > > > >misleading information that I have long tried to > > > >have corrected. How's that for injustice? I don't have the kind of > money > > to > > > >waste when a simple matter of correcting > > > >information on a form (I can see having it notarized and paying for > that) > > > >should be free and easy to do. > > > > > > > >How's that for trying to change the subject? > > > > > > > >Mary Lander > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > >

No, never thought about it. I just wanted it for my own peace of mind. If family members can't get it right, what makes you think that the government officials could? Only joking...... If it needs correcting for an inheritance or proof of biological parents etc...then I would have had it changed, but would checked into it and got a cheaper attorney. LOL BTW. My own husband's birth certificate is WRONG..... and I did call the court house and they said they could change it with proof. but we never did go...since it isn't that important...we know who he is. His father gave him 2 names...but they (the clerk) got the second name misspelled so my husband never used a middle name...he said he did not have one...He will retire next year, and I have called SS to see if this would affect his SS benefits...they said no, just to have other documents, i.e. driver's license, marriage license etc..showing where he only used his first name and no middle name....Sure hope they know what they are talking about.....will know in Sept as that is when he will go to sign up..... Good luck in your quest. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Lander" <jacknday@datasync.com> To: "Janice Hancock" <janiceh@airmail.net> Cc: <MIssISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Corrected Death Certificates... > AH! But did you get the state to correct the information? If so, how? > > Mary > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Janice Hancock <janiceh@airmail.net> > To: Mary Lander <jacknday@datasync.com> > Cc: <MIssISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:39 PM > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Corrected Death Certificates... > > > > Another easy way is to find a siblings birth/death certificate... > > > > I sent for my paternal g/m's death cert...her youngest son, gave the > > information...which was all wrong! My g/m had a brother that my father > gave > > the information for and I got at least one correct name, my dad didn't > know > > the mother's name, but knew the father's...so with that and census I > pieced > > the puzzle together and got the correct info.... > > > > Regards > > Janice > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mary Lander" <jacknday@datasync.com> > > To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 9:37 AM > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Corrected Death Certificates... > > > > > > > Gerald, this sounds interesting. Please tell me how to do just this. I > try > > > to avoid having to have contact with > > > county clerks (which are you talking about---chancery or > circuit---civics > > > was not a favorite subject of mine?) > > > and I am unsure as to just what the SSDI is and how to "get" there. > > > > > > Mary > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Gerald Gieger <giegerg@hotmail.com> > > > To: <jacknday@datasync.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:21 PM > > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Corrected Death Certificates... > > > > > > > > > > Mary, there are hundreds of thousands of DC that have incorrect > > > > information...The persons providing the information are distraught, > > > pressed > > > > for time, or plainly should not the one filling out the Form. > Precisely, > > > why > > > > you must document with more than one source...so don't even consider > > > > spending money to correct it...just go to the Rootsweb SSDI and put > that > > > > information in a Post-it note against his SS entry...In Texas, you can > > do > > > > what you suggest and submit an Amended or Corrected Certificate, at > > about > > > > $30, and it will get filed, albeit future researchers can still get > > both, > > > or > > > > either... > > > > > > > > Some well-to-do folks used to take their Will to the County Clerk and > > file > > > > it for record, just in case someone else tried to destroy the > Original, > > > > after the Testator's demise, but before it was Probated...or were > afraid > > > it > > > > might get lost and not be there to Probate...This practice was > > > discouraged, > > > > but not prohibited...so you could file a Corrected Death Certificate > at > > > the > > > > Clerk's office for about $3, or an Affidavit of Fact stating the same > > > > info... > > > > > > > > If they left it open for anyone to change, anytime, we would have lots > > of > > > > conflicts...People's memories change with time. > > > > > > > > Gerry > > > > > > > > >From: "Mary Lander" <jacknday@datasync.com> > > > > >To: MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com > > > > >Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Ridiculous charges. > > > > >Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 03:17:47 -0500 > > > > > > > > > >I have been watching the messages about the injustice of SS fees. > Think > > > > >about this one. > > > > >My grandfather died in 1945. Several years ago I ordered a copy of > his > > > > >death > > > > >certificate and found that my own father had given the information > and > > > > >that, > > > > >for some strange reason, had listed as Grandpa's mother's name the > name > > > of > > > > >his grandmother. I have checked with the Vital Statistics in Jackson > > > > >several > > > > >times, with several attorneys, and all agree that I would have to > hire > > a > > > > >specific type of lawyer, wait until the "case" goes to court to > present > > > my > > > > >"evidence" and pay a huge fee to accomplish the simple matter of > > > correcting > > > > >incorrect information. Meanwhile, > > > > >anyone searching for genealogical information would find incorrect, > > > > >misleading information that I have long tried to > > > > >have corrected. How's that for injustice? I don't have the kind of > > money > > > to > > > > >waste when a simple matter of correcting > > > > >information on a form (I can see having it notarized and paying for > > that) > > > > >should be free and easy to do. > > > > > > > > > >How's that for trying to change the subject? > > > > > > > > > >Mary Lander > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > > > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > > > > > ============================== > > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > >