[or-roots] Records

[Richard Smith]

Kathy,
In the case that you have discribed the birth certificate would normally 
be the best as they are usually filled out at the time of birth by one 
of the parents.  Death certificates are many times suspect as they are 
filled out at times by people who are not aware of the true 
information.  There are many horror stories dealing with death 
certificate information.

Good luck and welcome to Or-roots.
Richard C. Smith
E-mailto:slugs at gorge.net
Home page: Http://www.angelfire.com/wa/family/

On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 12:01  PM, or-roots-
request at sosinet.sos.state.or.us wrote:

> I have a question for those who might know (plus any advice is certainly
> welcome!)  When information is conflicting, as in death certificates 
> showing
> birth places differently than other documents, how do you resolve it?  
> Keep
> it open until you find an actual record?
> The reason I ask is that on James' birth certificate it has a different
> place of birth for his mother and father than on his mother's death 
> cert -
> and they were done about 6 weeks apart.
>
> Thanks for letting me participate.
>
> Kathy Thomas
> Denver Colorado
> kgt at attbi.com
>
>