Post by Cornish Terrier on Apr 11, 2007 17:12:32 GMT -5
Over the last few weeks (at least) I have been searching different sites and forums for information and I have found quite a lot of stuff that had eluded me in the past.
In many cases that information was not available when I was searching 10 or so years ago.
However, now that people have been more active in 'transcribing' records and making them available online things have become 'a little easier'!
BUT - there can be a catch in all of this as I found out tonight whilst doing some more online research.
I found a source through a well-known Genealogical Web-site that provided some Death Record information for part of my family in the USA.
A search using 'exact spelling' of my surname produced 6 records so I duly (perhaps excitedly) explored them.
PROBLEM - of the six records there is one that I need to research further but the other 5 are the interesting ones.
All five were related and each was recorded in this 'source' as having died in Greene, OH.
Relevant information of birth and death dates were included but the 'area' had me confused.
So I checked my own 'home resources' and found something very interesting.
It is possible that one or more members of this family had been in Ohio at some stage during there lives but they certainly did not die there and were not buried there!
All five died in Butte, MT and all are buried in the Mt Moriah Cemetery in Butte.
I know this because I have been there and seen their graves and headstones.
I have also met descendants and stayed with them during my visit in 1994.
Further to that - I also have copies of Death Certificates and Burial Records to substantiate my own records.
I have sent 'corrections' to the source of this information but have to wonder if that was the right move?
Was it a case of someone 'fishing' for information?
Who knows!
But I have seen this type of thing time and again over the years and have had contacts from people who 'believe what they have seen'!
All I can say is - BEWARE WHAT YOU READ that you have not either researched yourself or have had verified by someone reputable.
Best wishes all - and please post notes to this site if you need help.
Cornish Terrier
In many cases that information was not available when I was searching 10 or so years ago.
However, now that people have been more active in 'transcribing' records and making them available online things have become 'a little easier'!
BUT - there can be a catch in all of this as I found out tonight whilst doing some more online research.
I found a source through a well-known Genealogical Web-site that provided some Death Record information for part of my family in the USA.
A search using 'exact spelling' of my surname produced 6 records so I duly (perhaps excitedly) explored them.
PROBLEM - of the six records there is one that I need to research further but the other 5 are the interesting ones.
All five were related and each was recorded in this 'source' as having died in Greene, OH.
Relevant information of birth and death dates were included but the 'area' had me confused.
So I checked my own 'home resources' and found something very interesting.
It is possible that one or more members of this family had been in Ohio at some stage during there lives but they certainly did not die there and were not buried there!
All five died in Butte, MT and all are buried in the Mt Moriah Cemetery in Butte.
I know this because I have been there and seen their graves and headstones.
I have also met descendants and stayed with them during my visit in 1994.
Further to that - I also have copies of Death Certificates and Burial Records to substantiate my own records.
I have sent 'corrections' to the source of this information but have to wonder if that was the right move?
Was it a case of someone 'fishing' for information?
Who knows!
But I have seen this type of thing time and again over the years and have had contacts from people who 'believe what they have seen'!
All I can say is - BEWARE WHAT YOU READ that you have not either researched yourself or have had verified by someone reputable.
Best wishes all - and please post notes to this site if you need help.
Cornish Terrier
