"How To Access Obituaries" by; Barb Thomas
These options have worked for me in the past. Try them out.
i} The obituary daily times indexes current obits. Go to their website
and do a search:
http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi
Most major newspapers have people listing the obits at this site. It will
tell you the name of the newspaper if you follow the link to find out.
Then go to step 2
ii} If it is a current obit, find a newspaper from the area and see if they have their current obits on-line. Many do. There is a list of newspapers at this URL with links to the papers if they have a webpage: http://www.ecola.com/news/press/na/us/
iii} If the obits are not on-line then write to the local library (which you
can find on one of the on-line directory services). List the date of death
or better yet, list the obit date and newspaper. Offer to cover copy cost
and send a S.A.S.E. They usually will do it with precise information and
charge you a dollar or two. Many will do old obits also or have a
researcher/volunteer who works there do them for you.
iv} If you are looking for old obituaries, then go to your local library
and request a newspaper from your particular area for a particular date
range. Their inter library loan department will be able to search for a
source of the newspaper and it will be loaded to you through your library,
usually for a short time, in-library use only. Be sure to ask that it be
sent to a library local to you that has a microfilm reader/copier that you
can use. There may be a small fee. ****If you are researching in KS or
MN, they have great historical societies that have newspapers microfilmed
and list them on-line.
Good Luck
Barb Thomas
bthomas@wport.com
Access 'Obits' For The Researcher
Obituary -- Search Engines
- http://www.king.igs.net/~bdmlhm/obit_links.html
FREE ON-Line Obituaries - General Obituary Search Engines and Links pertaining to Canada and the USA {North America}.
Obituary -- Look Up Sites
- http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi
Obit Look Ups -- all states {USA}
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/
Obit Look Up - general information on how and what is included at this site.
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/ovlist.htmll
~eMail addresses for the Volunteers who will do Obit Look Ups in the USA and Around the World.
Obituary -- A Research Guide
- http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/obit.html
New Your Public Library - - A Research Guide to; Obituaries, Death Notices, and Guides to Burial Places of Notables.
Obituary -- Newspapers through the USA
- http://www.n-net.com/
N-NET lists the name, address, and phone number of United States newspapers in an easy-to-use format. Thousands of newspapers are listed here.
- http://www.legacy.com/NewspaperMap.asp
Legacy.com provides the following links to assist anyone seeking newspaper obituaries. Legacy.com also provides the state-of-the-art ObitFinder™ to assist in performing very targeted searches of recent newspaper obituaries.
Obituary -- Links and Search Engines
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/
Obituary Lookups -- This Web Page and the Associated Rootsweb Mailing List called: OBIT-LOOKUPS-L are staffed entirely by Volunteers. They are dedicated to providing a Community of Volunteers to help find Obituaries all over the World.
- http://gene.amiktech.com/list/index.php3?category=22
Obituary Archive Search Engine to the provinces of: ALBERTA (1) BRITISH COLUMBIA (1) MANITOBA (1) NEW BRUNSWICK (1) NEWFOUNDLAND (1) NOVA SCOTIA (1) ONTARIO (8) PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (2) QUEBEC (1) --> Canada <--
- http://www.cribbs.net/obitsearch/
Obituary Links Page has thousands of links to online obituary sources as well as marriage, birth, and death records, and cemetery inscriptions arranged by state and county and Canadian. There are now over 250,000 fulltext obituaries indexed and searchable by keyword at the Obituary Archive Search Engine
- http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/links.htm
The Obituary Page - Links -- This is a mirrored site to Bill Cribbs Obits.
- http://www.usnewspaperlinks.com/
News Papers throughout the USA. You wil have to search the paper you need to find your information from. We are not to sure how far you can go back with these papers. They will vary from town to city to state.
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
The Obituary Daily Times is a daily index of published obituaries. It is distributed FREELY, usually once a day and has approximately 1500 to over 2000 entries a day. You can search the database anytime with the search engine provided at;
http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi
- http://www.familyworkings.com/links/obits.htm
Obituary Links to specific surnames and some national and international links are available here. Check out the surnames to see if any may be related to you.
- http://www.king.igs.net/~bdmlhm/obit_links.html
Obituaries Online -- All links lead to obituaries, mostly from newspapers, but all are free, although some sites may require you to register or allow cookies to be set. Some are for the current day only, some are archived for a week, a month, or more. The page is truly an international endeavour with links to all corners of the world.
{Tell me, how can there be corners to the world when it is round??}
- http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html
The USGEN Web Project has all the states with courthouse, library and genealogical society info and addresses. You will have to visit the state of your research to receive more details.
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