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Subject: Re: [TMG] Actual place of birth and death
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:32:14 +0000 (UTC)
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Wasn't the a big legal fight over the estate of Hattie Green,s son because of the location? If I recall he maintained several houses in different states and when he died there was a fight because it had to be determined if house where he died was his principal residence as that state claimed but that claim was challenged by another state where he also spent a lot of time.
I think there was a book written about it. "The day they shook the money tree" or something like that.
"Hitch not the Chariot of State to the twin steeds of Government and Religion, for down that path lies chaos"
Leto II
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Van Dusen" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:58:30 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [TMG] Actual place of birth and death
Yes, the reason this thread exists is that we genealogists care, both
because we're looking for records and because we believe that our
posterity will care. And your examples are excellent illustrations of
that issue.
However, in more practical/legal terms, I was musing that I can't think
of a case where the actual place of death would have ramifications for
the deceased or his/her family (aside from transport of the body back home).
As Darrell illustrates, it's fairly easy to see where TIME of death
could be important, on the other hand.
DE Neilley wrote:
> Let's get a little extreme about this - what about someone who dies on
> holiday while rock climbing in Alaska, but lives in Alberta? Without
> recording the actual place of death, a researcher could be looking for
> records in Alberta, Canada instead of Alaska, USA.
>
> Take it down a notch. There is a city in Alberta which straddles the
> border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. The hospital is in
> Saskatchewan. If someone died at home on the Alberta side and a doctor
> declared them dead there, you would apply for a copy of the death
> certificate from the Alberta Registries. But if they died in the
> hospital, you would have to apply to the Sask Registries.
>
> To my mind, most of us are doing all of this research and recording
> with a view to passing it on to someone in the future. "Little things"
> like my granddaughter knowing that her great-uncle died on Hwy 621
> near Range Road 75, rather than just "near town x" might be of
> interest to her. So why NOT record the actual place of death?
>
> Doreen Neilley
>
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