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! >