It is very true that information on the LDS site can be mis-leading. That information is also true of the Ancestry site where you pay good money for information. I paid to join that site for a year. I added in a lot of my family tree (we do not add in birth dates for living family members). Previous to adding the "tree", I searched and sifted through the information for my Dad's family. I couldn't find much of anything. After I added in our tree, I found lots of information - or so I thought. I then realized that all that was coming my way was straight from my own information.
Even the so called legal documents can be wrong. My Dad was born in 1893 in Washington state. I finally met up with (via internet) a very distant relative who had some better means of researching than I did. She found out that my Dad's birthdate had a typo. He was listed as being born in 1993. 100 years out of date. I have a copy of his death certificate that says he died at the age of 72 but he didn't. He died at the age of 73. That was 5 months after he celebrated his 73rd birthday. It's pretty simple math but - if I want that changed, I have to pay a considerable sum to get it done. I have made notes in my genealogy recording the errors there. I guess if it matters to anyone else along the way, they can pay to have it changed. Since he died a few days before my 19th birthday, I'm not likely to forget or to be wrong about the date.
My paternal Grandfather is buried in Kamloops. I didn't know where so I enlisted help. He is one of 3 graves in an area but thanks to government records again, there is no way of knowing which one of the 3 graves is his. Another typing error.
Even the so called legal documents can be wrong. My Dad was born in 1893 in Washington state. I finally met up with (via internet) a very distant relative who had some better means of researching than I did. She found out that my Dad's birthdate had a typo. He was listed as being born in 1993. 100 years out of date. I have a copy of his death certificate that says he died at the age of 72 but he didn't. He died at the age of 73. That was 5 months after he celebrated his 73rd birthday. It's pretty simple math but - if I want that changed, I have to pay a considerable sum to get it done. I have made notes in my genealogy recording the errors there. I guess if it matters to anyone else along the way, they can pay to have it changed. Since he died a few days before my 19th birthday, I'm not likely to forget or to be wrong about the date.
My paternal Grandfather is buried in Kamloops. I didn't know where so I enlisted help. He is one of 3 graves in an area but thanks to government records again, there is no way of knowing which one of the 3 graves is his. Another typing error.
