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<DIV><SPAN class=841225721-06012010>I obtained a death certificate from the
office of a County Clerk giving my 2nd great-grandmother's death date
incorrectly. Whoever typed the certified copy inadvertently typed in the
current year as the date of death. It appears my ancestor lived a couple
of hundred years.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=841225721-06012010>Just an example of how easily mistakes can
be made by those who handle the records that are so important to
us.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841225721-06012010></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841225721-06012010>Wanda Samek</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org [mailto:apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Charles S. Mason, Jr.<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 05, 2010
10:09 AM<BR><B>To:</B> bobmclaren@earthlink.net; mvmcgrs@aol.com;
apgpubliclist@apgen.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] Two Death
Dates<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<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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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; 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>
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<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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