tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post2122322076102999241..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: The InformantNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-48959271970622867842014-08-09T01:19:33.138-04:002014-08-09T01:19:33.138-04:00It's no wonder you don't have many death c...It's no wonder you don't have many death certificates, Wendy: you're family history is already back a century or more before death certificates were even thought about!<br /><br />There are only three reasons I can think of for a spouse not knowing the names of his/her in-laws:<br />1) The deceased had a poor relationship with his/her parents and never talking about them.<br />2) One of the parents of the deceased died when he/she was a child and the other parent never spoke of the dead parent. (I believe this happened to one of my great-grandparents.)<br />3) Grief caused a lapse in memory.<br /><br />I'm sure there are other reasons but still . . . .Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-73074932058636356962014-08-07T08:22:30.224-04:002014-08-07T08:22:30.224-04:00I don't have lots of death certificates to com...I don't have lots of death certificates to compare, but I was stunned by one in which the wife (informant) didn't know either of her in-laws' names. Really? In all those years it never came up? Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com