Re: Perils of taking census records as the gospel truth
in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
Even modern birth certificates can be wrong. My sister Rebecca never had occasion to get a copy of her birth certificate until she was an adult. When it arrived, we were all very surprised to see that her name was spelled "Rebbecca." It must have been a clerical error.
This message was edited 3/21/2008, 1:57 PM