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From: "SorN Watkins" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] OT: Date of death
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:18:39 -0700
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Then again, I have a cousin who I know died on a particular day. I got a
telephone call passing on the news and a few days later got a copy of her
obituary, talked with others about the funeral, etc. Her tombstone has what
is known and recognized to be an incorrect death date by everyone involved,
causing just a bit of laughter and shaking of heads over the family member
"in charge." Two tags for a single event, which I have several of btw,
would be needlessly confusing. I only use two tags when I don't know
which is correct. Once I can verify one or the other, the second becomes a
note in the remaining memo field.
Sherm
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Campbell <>


> I agree with you in this case. I was trying to draw a more general
> principle. Let me give an example. I have a distant cousin whose
> tombstone gives her birthdate in 1857. Yet she is shown as a one year
> old living in her father's household in the 1850 census. In the 1860
> census she is still living in her father's household and eleven years
> old. So in my data, I have two birth dates for her. The principle
> birthdate is 1849 and the secondary birthdate is 1857. The source of
> each birthdate is shown as well as my reasoning for showing the earlier
> date as more credible. Some of her descendents are unhappy with me as
> they regard the information on her tombstone as gospel.
>
> I just wanted to point out to people that you can have more than one tag
> of a given type. Best to record everything you find so that some
> subsequent researcher isn't misled.



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