[ SECRET POST #1959 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1959 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[kateshort.livejournal.com]

The maiden name could be two different people or two people who got conflated. We have several instances of that with our family trees. Jane Smith and Janey Smith [fake example names, lol] both married a Hank or Henry Jones, but they aren't the same person. However, some people thought they *were* the same people, so now a lot of the records are tied together. This is why it's important to source every detail you find! Every time we see a new spelling or a new date, we list the exact spelling and the exact source, so we can figure out whether they're two separate people and someone made big mistakes, or whether it's the same person.

Best bet for great-grandma is to take the info from the grave and try to find a matching death certificate. You can use that to cross-check the burial info (often found on the death cert), residence info, birth date, death date, sometimes parents' names, sometimes parents' birthplaces, etc. You can also ask your mom, assuming she's still living. "Hey, I was doing research and it looks like great-grandma is buried at _____ cemetery. Is that correct?" Gives her a point of info to confirm or refute.

Familysearch.org records come in all flavors, just like ancestry.com trees-- some are very well sourced, and some are full of typos and horrible research errors.