[or-roots] SSDI and death index errors

[Cecil Houk]

Elizabeth:

You reminded me of something.  Death certificates are not always to be trusted.
For example: take my maternal gr grandfather George A. Rulaford.  On his
death cert:

1.  His name was NOT George A. Rulaford; it was Edgar McMullen!
2.  His father could not have been James Rulaford. (see above)
3.  It is safe to assume that his mother was Helen A. Clark
4.  Born in Ohio??  There is no record of him in Ohio until his marriage in 1871.
5.  I am sure that he is dead

All of this is documented at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/

Good hunting
Cecil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wordsmith" <wordsmith at grrtech.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 12:39 PM
Subject: [or-roots] SSDI and death index errors


> Thanks for the reminder, Cecil, that the indexes are tools and finding aids
> and not the original data. Whatever is found in the indexes should be
> verified, if at all possible, by getting copies of the original documents
> and double-checking as many sources as possible.
> 
> Elizabeth in Eagle Point
> 
> 
> Beware some SSDI and state death index data (Cecil Houk)
> Message: 2
> From: "Cecil Houk" <cchouk at cox.net>
> <snip>
> 
> I just found some data in SSDI and California Death Index to be in error.
> 
> 
> 
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