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Ancestry/Genealogy

LeftInTX

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10. About the only thing reliable on a death certificate is the date.....

Reply to shraby (Original post)

Wed Jul 11, 2018, 05:04 PM

Jul 2018

The got my dad's sex wrong in the 1930 census.

My grandmother always called him, Johnny. In the census they have him listed as Jenny, sex was female.

(My grandmother didn't speak English)

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When researching in old newspapers, don't count on the first name being right. [View all] shraby Jun 2018 OP

My mom has been researching our family for over 12 years BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #1

The Mormons have a lot of information murielm99 Jun 2018 #3

That's true radical noodle Jun 2018 #8

I've a question yonder Jun 2018 #2

Check at your local county courthouse. What's at the state is also kept there. shraby Jun 2018 #4

In this state, Wisconsin, the marriage records are also kept at the state level shraby Jun 2018 #5

shraby, thanks for your response yonder Jun 2018 #6

In this county, there is an index at the courthouse in the Register of Deeds office - shraby Jun 2018 #7

I think I have a reason why information might be wrong in some of these old death notes/obits The Genealogist Jun 2018 #9

Also the person taking the information for the record may not have spoken the shraby Jul 2018 #11

About the only thing reliable on a death certificate is the date..... LeftInTX Jul 2018 #10