Thread:Ryoung122/@comment-27978858-20160314182047/@comment-25898958-20160314185336

Hi Only1cy,

As Ryoung122 said, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is the most widely-recognised authority on the subject of supercentenarian age validation. However, with hundreds of living claims to 110+, and with everyone working for the GRG doing so on a voluntary, unpaid basis, it takes a while to get round to validating each person. The GRG's criteria for a claim to be considered verified include having early-life proof of birth from within 20 years of the person's life (such as a birth record or early census records), mid-life documentation and proof of name change where applicable (such as a marriage record) and proof of survival to 110. Of course, we have the latter, and I believe that after finding a news report on your grandmother's 110th birthday, some volunteers used FamilySearch.com to find some census records. Please see the link below:

http://z3.invisionfree.com/The_110_Club/index.php?showtopic=14124

However, there will be a wait before your grandmother can be verified as there are other, older supercentenarian claims who have yet to be validated.

Click on the link below for the GRG contact details:

http://www.grg.org/grg/contact/

Cheers,

Ollie231213 (talk) 18:53, March 14, 2016 (UTC)