I think death records are more likely to be wrong that marriage records. The info on the death records was often times given by an in-law or a bereaved family member who either wasn't real familiar with the deceased's family or too grief stricken to think straight. Marriage record info, on the other hand, was given by the young couple themselves....more likely to be accurate, in my opinion. Susan ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
My grandmother lied about her age on marriage lic. so be careful there too. Barbara At 07:35 AM 7/13/07, you wrote: >I think death records are more likely to be wrong that marriage records. >The info on the death records was often times given by an in-law or a >bereaved >family member who either wasn't real familiar with the deceased's family or >too grief stricken to think straight. Marriage record info, on the other >hand, was given by the young couple themselves....more likely to >be accurate, in >my opinion. > >Susan
There are a LOT of "if's" in genealogy, as we all know. A child raised by its grandmother may know his/her relationship to her, but fifty years on, that person's bereaved spouse may assume the long-deceased grandparent to have been the parent. This happens in older censuses all the time. It was in a Steven Seagal movie I think, where I heard the phrase,"ASSUMPTION is the mother of all f___-ups." Words to live by. Dick Kinkead Lantana, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: <SusanE1104@aol.com> To: <ohbelmon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON] Interesting marriage certificate note >I think death records are more likely to be wrong that marriage records. > The info on the death records was often times given by an in-law or a > bereaved > family member who either wasn't real familiar with the deceased's family > or > too grief stricken to think straight. Marriage record info, on the other > hand, was given by the young couple themselves....more likely to be > accurate, in > my opinion. > > Susan