Hi, Just a short message to join this discussion. I work part time in a funeral home, and you would be very much surprised to see how confused many survivors are in giving the correct information about the deceased to put on the death certificate. They either don't know, make a guess or can't say. Within the last month we had a situation where the survivors even gave the Social Security number of the WIDOW of the deceased rather than his. Of course when we sent the form to the local Social Security office to be processed they notified us right away of the error. They also told us that we had been given the wrong birth date for the man--survivors gave us 1925, when actually it was 1922. What I am saying--DON'T blame the funeral home--make sure the right information is given to whomever is processing the death certificate, and make sure the person who gives this information is someone who can give the CORRECT statistics. It is very hard to correct info on a death certificate after it is processed by the state where the death occurred. In the above case we had to ask for an amended death certificate and since it was close to the time of death it was easily done. Doris -----Original Message----- From: Peggy Payne [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 9:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] . Birth Certificates AMEN to both examples (birth and death certificates). My grandmother died at a Convalescent Center just a few blocks from my mother's home and my home. Recently, I got a copy of her death certificate (about 8 years later) and was shocked to find that her name was correct, but they had her mother's first name and no last name. I got a picture of the tombstone and went to the Virginia Bureau of Vital Records to get the death certificate corrected. They said I had to have a copy of marriage license and a sworn affidavit from my mother to get it corrected. It took awhile, but I was successful. I found my grandfather's mother's name was incorrect on his marriage death certificate. Since she had been married several times and he is not here to verify, I'd have to take whatever documentation I have to court to get his death certificate corrected. That means hiring a lawyer, etc. During my many trips to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, I got copies of my birth certificate and my two brothers. In each case, my mother's maiden name was spelled differently; i.e., CARMACK, CORMACK, CORMOCK. Thank goodness, mine was correct. But I was told only my brothers could get their corrected. Neither are interested in doing so. Guess it is left up to us who are searching to continue to put the pieces together. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Omeda Brewer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] . Birth Certificates > Death Records are even more inaccurate. It depends upon the memory of who > is giving the information. > Omeda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray & Bettie Dall" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 3:03 AM > Subject: [NCROOTS] . Birth Certificates > > > > .About ten years ago I was back in North Carolina, I spent many hours > > bringing my > > Harrell family up to date. > > > > I found so many errors, as many of the births were reported by a mid > wife > > or some other reason the information was incorrect. > > > > One I recall was a close cousin. Not only was her name incorrect on her > > birth certificate , but also the date of birth. I immediately contacted > her > > and helped her get the information corrected. Two days after receiving > the > > correction she collapsed at work. Just think what she would have had to > go > > through with with the the wrong information on her birth certificate . > > > > I advise everyone to not only get their certificate but really check it > > out. Better be safe than sorry. > > > > Bettie > > > > > > >Do not believe every thing you read on an old birth certificate. I was > > >born on July 28,1929, in Gibson County , Tn. Delivered at home by the > > >family M.D. After I was an adult I ordered a copy of my birth > > >certificate from Nashville, Tn. The name was not correct, the date of > > >birth was Aug. 28,1929. After several months I finally got my name and > > >date of birth corrected. The sad part of it all , I was named for the > > >family M.D. and still wear his name as a middle name????????? > > >Grover Allen Pope in Tn.......... > > > > > > > > >==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > >NC Military Project: > > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncmil/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > NCGenWeb list of NC genealogy links: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/list.html > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > NCGenWeb county selection list: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/county.html > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== USGenWeb Archives, North Carolina index: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/ncfiles.htm