To add to this thread, several people in my family have their nickname on the death certificate. For example, my grandfather was called Jack his whole life. His real name was Harley Edward. Both his death cert and tombstone say Jack. It can complicate things if future generations dont have that info to follow. Randi Richard Kinkead <rkinkead11@comcast.net> wrote: 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: To: 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 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Randi Bowles-Meentzen