Today’s mail brought the death certificate I ordered from the fine folks at Pennsylvania Vital Statistics. I had a rather amusing conversation with one of those fine folks the other day, in fact. She’d left a voicemail for me on Monday and when I called her back on Tuesday, she had no clue why she’d called me. Apparently, she figured out whatever question she’d had. I made a point of thanking her and her colleagues for providing me and my colleagues with so much amusement over the whole “Death_by_fax” file name. She said, “Sometimes, you have to be creative.” I like her.
Anyway, the death certificate both confirmed what I was thinking and further confused me. This person is definitely my great, great uncle. My great great grandfather’s name was definitely John Briggs, as it has been found on all three death certificates of his children that I’ve located. But my hope of finally learning my great great grandmother’s full name was not to be. All that’s listed is her last name: Eberts. So, we have one death certificate that says “Adelia Ebert,” one that says “Elizabeth Ebbers” and one that says only “Eberts.”
*sigh*
Time to hit up some of the places on my list to visit… the answers I’m seeking are out there somewhere….