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<DIV>Bob,</DIV>
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<DIV>When ever people used preprinted forms form they can cause us
problems. I recently got a copy of a death certificate that someone use
part of the preprinted year and wrote in the rest of the year. All
that needed to be added was the last number of the year. Instead of doing
that they crossed out part of the preprinted year and added handwritten numbers
making the year 1998. This was for a death that took place in
1899. I knew this was wrong because the death certificates were filed by
year. Also the certificate contained the date it was recorded which had
the correct year, 1899. We really do have to look at each piece of
information on certificates for accuracy.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chuck Mason</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bobmclaren@earthlink.net
href="mailto:bobmclaren@earthlink.net">robert mclaren</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mvmcgrs@aol.com
href="mailto:mvmcgrs@aol.com">mvmcgrs@aol.com</A> ; <A
title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org
href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 04, 2010 8:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] Two Death
Dates</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">OK, I need new glasses!! The date
confusion is as I stated with death date given as Jan 1, 1916 (1915 was
preprinted and the five written over by the six), and burial date given as Jan
4, 1915. However, I completely missed the MD stating when he died.
He stated he died on the 1 day of Jan 1916 at 8 a.m. I read right over
the date.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">So, it is now obvious that the 1915 date is in
error. Any checks that undertaker wrote would be dated a year too early
<grin>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">So, I am sorry for bringing this up when the
answer was right in front of me. I will still look for an obit since
that may have family information, but checking and seeing whether the year was
1915 or 1916 is not necessary.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Very red faced, and signing off.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Yours aye,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Bob
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