Vital Records: A Case Study in Error
Posted in Primary Sources: Letters, Documents, Diaries, Histories on Apr 12th, 2009
My grandfather Udell Cunningham is fond of telling the story about how his birth was erroneously recorded, causing a great deal of trouble for him later on. My grandfather was born 3 May 1925 in Tulia, Swisher County, Texas. The Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (available on Ancestry.com) lists his birthday as 3 March 1925. The [...]
