How can I get a death date corrected?

Janet984

I am researching a branch of the Kosiek family tree in Chicago IL. My great grandmother was Katarzyna/Katherine/Catherine Kosiek, nee Starzec. She was married to Andrej (Andrew) Kosiek. Andrej passed away in 1945 and his obituary references his late wife Katherine, along with his children, with names and spouses.

But SClark99 reports Katherine's death as September 1968 and links her to Andrej Kosiek (with his correct birth and death) and only one of her sons, Walter, again with the correct birth and death. It seems that the obituary for a different Catherine Kosiek (no reference to Starzec either) was the source (I have found this obit on Newspapers), but this obituary has completely different family members.

How do I get this corrected? I have also seen the same problem on Find a Grave with Russ C being the creator and I am trying to get that corrected also. Thank you for your help.

Harvest8

Death record:

Name Catherine 

Sex Female

Age 65y 15d

Death Date 03 Dec 1934

Death Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Occupation Housewife

Race W

Ethnicity American

Father's Name John Starzec

Mother's Name Catherine Gorki

Address 2874 Hillock Ave.

Age 65 years 15 days

Age 65y 15d

Race White

Race White

Birth Date 18 Nov 1869

Birth Year (Estimated) 1869

Birthplace Tarnon, Poland (maybe Tarnov)

Burial Date 07 Dec 1934

Burial Place Niles, Cook, Ill.

Cemetery St. Adalberts

Father's Birthplace Tarnon, Poland

Mother's Birthplace Tarnon, Poland

Spouse's Name Andrew Kosick

Harvest8

Janet984. glad you could make sense of the info. I typed.. ..you'll do fine. we all were in your shoes when first starting on the website. I'm still learning. smile. If need any help just post here on the community or feel free to message me from my profile name on the small "help Janet984" edits I made on your GGM and GGP's profiles. Help icon in upper right (circle with question mark) on the profiles you work in the future can be your "friend" for awhile also....i.e. lots of help articles . all the best!

CookeWilliamB1

As long as you are sure with documentation to to show correct dates and places then store those documents in memories and then as long as the person's birth is greater than 110 years ago then just edit that information and save the change.

CookeWilliamB1

Harvest8

Hi Janet984,

a couple thoughts:

-Any user, including you, can edit

you are able to make edits to profiles....look for the "edit" link next to the vital or fact that needs changing and make any edits you can support with sources, proofs or a reason statement.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-change-vital-information-in-family-tree

I'm a user of the collaborative website also like you. Noticed the Starzec name which is similar to some distant Nebraska Starzecs who married into my line.

The NE Starzecs are from Tarnov(w), Poland which is I believe could be a likely the "top candidate" for the birth location for your GGM Catherine and not "Tarnon, Poland" as listed on her Chicago, IL death record.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3C1-BJD (Street address in death record matches census enumerations for your GGM)

-Fix Findagrave.com incorrect info. so its not repeated elsewhere

You may want to use the death and burial dates and locations from her death certificate (as no headstone photo is up at Findagrave.com yet) when submitting an edit request for the Findagrave.com memorial. As you likely are aware, after 21 days, if the memorial manager hasn't accepted your edit suggestions, the computer automatically accepts your suggested edit information. patience is a virtue at times.,..smile.

It is good that you are already trying to get that record corrected, for if not, likely others will repeat the same error of confusing "the other" Catherine Kosiek (wife of George) with your GMM.

-Detach any incorrect sources on your GGM's Profile G3ZV-GNS

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-detach-a-source-from-a-person-in-family-tree

Hope this gets you started....drop a note with any questions....others can also help with ideas...a very helpful user and volunteer moderate community you've posted to.

Cheers~

ps. will upload the obit to husband "Andrew"'s profile to maybe help others who might also contribute to the profiles in the future.

Janet984

Thank you so much! I am new to this and still trying to find my way around. This is a tremendous help.