Posts in August 26, 2010

Be careful using relationships from obituaries as your sole source of information for your database. Modern obituaries especially may: not mention all children may not distinguish children from step-children may not indicate which spouse was the parents of which children Any of these things can confuse later genealogists if you assume an obituary was entirely correct. Best bet is to transcribe it (or scan it) and look for other materials to back it up. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!