Gravestones, Source or Picture

[kyuck]

Gravestones are often inaccurate.
Should I use them as a Source or just as a Picture?

[Kim]

Re: Gravestones, Source or Picture

Gravestones are often inaccurate.
Should I use them as a Source or just as a Picture?

I use them as a source. Obits, death certificates, censuses, etc., are also often inaccurate. I consider them all sources and use them together to draw conclusions about the person, which also may or may not be accurate.

[Dennis J. Cunniff]

Re: Gravestones, Source or Picture

Gravestones are often inaccurate.
Should I use them as a Source or just as a Picture?

They're both.

No type of source is invariably correct. Gravestones are better sources of death dates than they are birth dates, because they are a contemporary record of the former.

[kyuck]

Re: Gravestones, Source or Picture

Thank you for your insight. I will use them as one of the sources.
Thanks again,
Kevan