The Death Certs arent's much better.Not uncommon to find grandparents names wrong and age and occupation.But under the circumstances it is hardly surprising when poor bereaved realtives are sent off to register the death only to realise they don't know half the facts. Never mind, the registrars will prompt and get something out of them!Having said that I think I made 3 mistakes on my own Mother's death Cert!And thats just the unintentional mistakes ! Pinch of salt.Pink of salt. Karen Donald --- IACSCOTT@aol.com wrote: > Some short time ago a question was raised regarding > the information recorded > on a birth certificate regarding the date of > marriage and the place it took > place. At the time it was pointed out it was not > uncommon for this > information to be erroneous and I add below the text > of an RCE relating to the birth of > one of my ancestors, David Alexander Scott. > > Register of Corrected entries for his birth record > at 692/2/1188 reads as > follows: > > In column 4 of entry 1188 in the Register Book of > Births for the year 1895 > under the heading 'Date and Place of marriage cancel > '1891' and substitute > '1892', c ancel '25th' and substitute '26th' and > cancel 'No. Leith' and > substitute 'St Andrew, Edinburgh'. > > The above alterations are made under the direction > and by the written > authority of the Sheriff in consequence of the > Deposition dated 15th October 1895 > of Charles Scott informant of the birth to which > said entry relates. > > Charles, the father, did not get anything other, > than the month, right when > he registered his son's birth. Bet his wife gave him > quite a hard time! > > Ian A C Scott > > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > Please do not send virus warnings to this list. If > you have concerns about a virus, contact the list > admin at MORAY-D-request@rootsweb.com or join > VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the > subject line. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death > Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >