I do list the name only of the questionably alive spouse, as that much is public
marriage information, but not the date of birth. My one exception is when the
birth date indicates the person can no longer be living and the date of death
was not carved into the stone for whatever reason. Example 1892. I do list the
birth date then. Keep in mind that the second person may not be buried there,
since some move with family to other locations after the stone is carved,
remarry and such. They might actually be buried elsewhere, so this gravestone is
very important to following the migrations.
Rita - Oconto County
Paula Vaughan wrote:
Hi There-
I have a question for everyone out there about reading a cemetery and then
placing the transcription on-line. I have read the cemetery and as we all
know there are always double headstones where one of the spouses is dead and
the other alive. My question is what to do about this. What I mean is - fore
inst. - the headstone has John Doe 1920-1999 Jane Doe 1924- . So most
likely Jane is still alive. I know because of privacy issues and identity
stealing problems not to put her birth but should I list her name at all?
How have the rest of you handled this?
Is it all right to just list the name and put private? Still living? don't
list the name at all?
I hate to not list the name at all-as if the name is there with private,
still living or something - atleast this would tell a family researcher that
the spouse may still be living or is living.
I am not sure what to do in this situation. HELP!
Paula
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