I have one of these situations - I have personally physically stood in front of the grave of someone whose death certificate states he's buried in another town entirely. The cemetery where he is has him in their records, but the cemetery where his death certs says he is, does not. In my case, both places start with the same 5 letters, but the mis-information is still there. As such, I have made notes with the death certificate entry, and the grave entry stating the facts, and documenting the steps I took to ensure that he was not at the other location.
I guess what you do to ensure the record is correct in your own tree, depends on where the error is, and if it is something that can be changed or adjusted with relative ease. On 5 September 2013 12:21, Jackie King <[email protected]> wrote: > Question - you have the image or have seen the gravestone. You have the > cemetery records. They don't always match. What do you do and how do you > source it? > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Paula Ryburn > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Great blog & comments!! But I see they left Michael Hait's proposed >> alternative unevaluated. I tended to agree that the grave stone is the >> source, like the census is the source... and then include where you found >> it. Then again, I don't use Find A Grave for my own ancestors much. Hmm... >> >> --Paula in Texas >> Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton >> Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis >> Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind >> Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters >> Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Chris Seens <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sunday, September 1, 2013 11:39 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Find A Grave template >> >> Don't know if this will help you but Emily posted about this earlier. >> Check it out. >> >> http://www.footnotemaven.com/2009/10/citation-geeks-elizabeth-shown-mills.html?m=1 >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and >> on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
