Death certificates are another land mine for erroneous information. My uncle gave my great-aunt's birthplace (or someone heard him say) "Dunegal" - but it was really Newtownstewart, County Tyrone. Our family was among those who did not reminisce about the old country, so what did he know, he was from Philadelphia!
Also, I have actually seen records indexed as "Strabane, Donegal" (was Strabane ever in Donegal?) and other combinations that I don't recall at this moment. It doesn't help that our ancestors sometimes gave a local version of their birthplace, as Dennis said, whereas the records are located by parish, town, or registration district. So, some of my ancestors might have said Dunmullan, Omagh or Omey, Cappagh (parish), Strabane, etc. I think it is all a conspiracy to keep genealogists on their toes! Kathleen On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:32 AM Dennis Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Boyd, I have had the same problem of erroneous birth places in US data. I > found that sometimes rather than explain where they came from the > immigrants pick a larger better known place. For example my Great Uncle > Andrew Wright told his children he was born in Dromore, County Tyrone as > stated in his Obituary. His birth record shows he was actually Born in > Ballynafeagh, County Tyrone. This also happened with my Italian > grandparents. > > > > Dennis Wright > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist >
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