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Post by refugeepea on Apr 29, 2016 4:26:55 GMT
Yes, I've googled. Any tips for finding older obituaries from the last 30 years?
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 29, 2016 4:30:20 GMT
Ask the peas for help?
I find you need the name and the city/town and perhaps dod to get it quickly.
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Post by FrozenPea on Apr 29, 2016 4:32:28 GMT
Try find a grave. Who are you looking for? Maybe we can help.
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Apr 29, 2016 4:36:01 GMT
Do you know the name of the town the person died in? Could you contact the town newspaper?
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Post by melanell on Apr 29, 2016 13:12:28 GMT
I agree with find-a-grave or billiongraves, perhaps. There is also an obituaries.com and there may be other obituary archive sites as well.
Or newspapers.com or any other newspaper archive site. Some sites cater to the papers of certain regions, so you can even try googling "New York newspaper archives" or "Pleasant County, Maine newspaper archives", things like that.
If you know the time of death, and live local to the place of death, you could go the old fashioned-route and visit local libraries to check out their papers on film, or depending on the year, the paper and library, even the actual papers.
There are also Facebook groups for genealogy random acts of kindness where you might be able to find someone who can help, or perhaps genealogy groups that are location based to the place where the person lived, died, or where the obituary may have ran.
Historical Societies may be able to give you an idea of where to find them for certain areas as well.
And while I am not certain they can help, if you have an LDS Family Center nearby, you could call and inquire about whether or not they have obituary collections that might cover the time/area in which you are looking.
Best of luck!!
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Post by arielsmom on Apr 29, 2016 14:14:19 GMT
Also, talk to family members of the deceased, if possible. I keep a folder with obits of my relatives, and also the cards that are given at funerals. Maybe you have an older relative that has all of that in the back of the family bible. My mil kept wonderful records.
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Post by Linda on Apr 29, 2016 14:18:39 GMT
google's newspaper archives news.google.com/newspapersgoogle the name + town + year or name + town + newspaper name library in the town (or county) - sometimes will have obit indexes online but you can also email/write the librarian and they'll usually search the local newspaper for a fee or donation (you'll need to have the date of death or close to it) Findagrave.com has some - they aren't always sourced though Funeral Home records sometimes have the obituary Legacy.com has more recent obits |
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Post by knit.pea on Apr 29, 2016 15:40:59 GMT
If it is NYS, try searching at fultonpostcards. Big resource
of scanned newspapers.
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Post by myboysnme on Apr 29, 2016 16:28:58 GMT
I've had luck using melanell 's suggestion of newspapers.com. You can do a free trial subscription and see if the ones you want are listed. |
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 29, 2016 22:00:15 GMT
Thank you for the suggestions. It's more of a curious kind of thing. A teenager recently died and it listed her parents in the obituary. The mothers name sounded familiar (also deceased) and I was curious to see if I could find some more information.  |
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