Thanks. What that tells me is that the RIVR CD was not prepared from the Deaths register for the City of Providence (and the other RI cities and towns), as this info is not present in the Register. In my gggm's case I took some time this morning and found out that the name of Kin2 was probably the name of a housekeeper for my gggm (at least this person was a housekeeper for other persons in census data). I expect she was the person who first reported the death. Now when I come across those on Ancestry, I'll be a bit more curious. -----Original Message----- From: rigenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rigenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of A.Harney Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:20 AM To: rigenweb@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RI] RIGENWEB Digest, Vol 3, Issue 266 I believe that often the kin entry on the RIVR CD was the local Medical Examiner or Coroner. Many, many had the same names listed. Cheers, Ann >I threw the data CD which ran under Ancestry View in the trash a few years ago, when I found that the "kin" data was randomly corrupted. One of my direct ancestors listed were the same as those on the next data entry, a completely unrelated surname! (In that case, I did see the original entry on microfilm at RI Sec of State.) I would caution anybody to take with a grain of salt the "kin" data in that record on Ancestry.com! ------------------------------- RIGENWEB MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and history information pertaining to Rhode Island. Despite the list name, the list topic is not related to GenWeb in any way. Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or to search the list archives or find other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message