The only problem, is that you have to verify what's on death certificates. Remember it's NOT the person filling it out, but a family member, who may or may not know who their parents were. I've had probably about 1/3 of the death certificates have the wrong parent's names on it. You wouldn't believe how many wife's and or husbands don't have a clue who their wife's or husband's relatives were. For years my family listed the wrong Frasier's as parents for their Grandfather, because, his much older brother raised him and out of respect he called him "father", so his wife thought that was biologically so. What confusion in the tree that caused. Also, my Grandmother wrote the wrong mother for her mother when she died because she was so shook up and upset that she forgot her name and wrote the wrong one. You just can't always be sure. Birth certificates are better because they are usually filled out by the parents themselves. I always like to verify on the Ancestry [or Historical Society] newspapers, because at least that helps somewhat. So do Military records where the father has to write the names and birthdates of all his children to receive his benefits. Teresa Herrmann Columbus, Ohio -------Original Message------- From: fkb Date: 6/10/2008 6:55:03 PM To: ohgallia@rootsweb.com; ohgallia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] A question about Ancestry.com Beth, Have you tried the new Latter Day Saints/Mormon website. They have tons of death certificates for Lawrence/Gallia Counties. You can put in a name and it will bring up death certificates if it is for the spouse or child of that person as well as the individual themselves. Some of the death certificates lists the parents of the deceased. I've found lots of my ancestors and/or leads on this website and it's free. Here's their website. http://search.labs.familysearch.org -----Original Message----- >From: Beth Haney <bhaney@speakeasy.net> >Sent: Jun 10, 2008 2:00 PM >To: ohgallia@rootsweb.com >Subject: [OHGALLIA] A question about Ancestry.com > >If I remember right, it seems like someone on this list has a >subscription to Ancestry.com If that's true, would one of you please >tell me if it has any birth, death, or marriage records available for >Gallia and/or Lawrence counties? I tried looking on the site, but, >without a membership, I wasn't able to easily tell. Thank you! > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHGALLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHGALLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I agree with you, which is why I've been looking for more and different kinds of information on several people. I've come across some information provided on death certificates through the years that make me wonder what planet the kid was living on while growing up! I knew birth records would be one way to get more verification, and marriage bonds can provide more clues, too, but I haven't found any mention of those around Gallia and Lawrence. Do they exist? Trust me, I've been researching for over 30 years, so I sometimes drive myself and everybody else crazy with my search for more documenation. I'm just fairly new to research in Gallia, Lawrence, Jackson, and Muskingum counties. My biggest problem is that I'm now working on people who were at or near adulthood by the time they and their families moved to Gallia and Lawrence counties in the 1840s and 1850s. The farther back you go, the less documentation is out there in the world to find. I think I'm also working lines where people had a strong desire to keep a low profile for some reason. Teresa M. Herrmann wrote: > The only problem, is that you have to verify what's on death certificates. > Remember it's NOT the person filling it out, but a family member, who may or > may not know who their parents were. I've had probably about 1/3 of the > death certificates have the wrong parent's names on it. You wouldn't > believe how many wife's and or husbands don't have a clue who their wife's > or husband's relatives were. For years my family listed the wrong Frasier's > as parents for their Grandfather, because, his much older brother raised him > and out of respect he called him "father", so his wife thought that was > biologically so. What confusion in the tree that caused. Also, my > Grandmother wrote the wrong mother for her mother when she died because she > was so shook up and upset that she forgot her name and wrote the wrong one. > You just can't always be sure. Birth certificates are better because they > are usually filled out by the parents themselves. > > I always like to verify on the Ancestry [or Historical Society] newspapers, > because at least that helps somewhat. So do Military records where the > father has to write the names and birthdates of all his children to receive > his benefits. > > Teresa Herrmann > Columbus, Ohio > > -------Original Message------- > > From: fkb > Date: 6/10/2008 6:55:03 PM > To: ohgallia@rootsweb.com; ohgallia@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] A question about Ancestry.com > > Beth, > > Have you tried the new Latter Day Saints/Mormon website. They have tons of > death certificates for Lawrence/Gallia Counties. You can put in a name and > it will bring up death certificates if it is for the spouse or child of that > person as well as the individual themselves. Some of the death certificates > lists the parents of the deceased. I've found lots of my ancestors and/or > leads on this website and it's free. > > Here's their website. > http://search.labs.familysearch.org > > > -----Original Message----- > >> From: Beth Haney <bhaney@speakeasy.net> >> Sent: Jun 10, 2008 2:00 PM >> To: ohgallia@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [OHGALLIA] A question about Ancestry.com >> >> If I remember right, it seems like someone on this list has a >> subscription to Ancestry.com If that's true, would one of you please >> tell me if it has any birth, death, or marriage records available for >> Gallia and/or Lawrence counties? I tried looking on the site, but, >> without a membership, I wasn't able to easily tell. Thank you! >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > OHGALLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ________________________________________ > PeoplePC Online > A better way to Internet > http://www.peoplepc.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHGALLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHGALLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >