how to search for deceased family members in obituaries
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Learn how to use obituaries to find your deceased family members. This deck demonstrates searching obituary records to uncover the clues that will help you discover long lost relatives that have passed away and trace your family tree. Learn how to do genealogy research using old newspaper obituaries.TRANSCRIPT
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Obituaries: Getting all the clues
Thomas Jay KempDirector, Genealogy Products
NewsBank, inc. 28 March 2012
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◦Over 1 billion names◦Over 5,850 newspapers
All 50 states 1690 to today
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◦210 million obituaries & death records
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Newspapers 5,850 & Growing! 1690-Today
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Obituaries -
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Obituaries - • Full name• Names of relatives
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Obituaries - • Full name• Names of relatives
• Name of cemetery
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Obituaries - • Full name• Names of relatives
• Name of cemetery• Name of clergy and
their denomination
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• Full name• Names of relatives• Date, place and
cause of death
Obituaries - • Name of cemetery• Name of clergy and
their denomination
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Obituaries - • Full name• Names of relatives• Date, place and
cause of death• Date and place of
birth
• Name of cemetery• Name of clergy and
their denomination
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Obituaries - • Full name• Names of relatives• Date, place and
cause of death• Date and place of
birth• Date and place of
marriage
• Name of cemetery• Name of clergy and
their denomination
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Obituaries - • Full name• Names of relatives• Date, place and
cause of death• Date and place of
birth• Date and place of
marriage
• Name of cemetery• Name of clergy and
their denomination• Occupation• Education• Social groups
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Let’s see a typical obituary -
Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) 30 November 1920, page 13.
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Let’s see a typical obituary -
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Let’s see a typical obituary -
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Let’s see a typical obituary -
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Find the ancestral home town -
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) 26 April 1893, page 4.
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Can be printed across the country -
San Francisco Bulletin (California) 23 October 1874, page 2.
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Printed in another language -
El Continental (El Paso, Texas) 20 January 1959, page 3.
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Or in long lost styles & syntax -
Boston News Letter (Massachusetts) 30 April 1705, page 2
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Or in long lost styles & syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island) 18 September 1822, page 3
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Or in long lost styles & syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island) 18 September 1822, page 3
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Or in long lost styles & syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island) 18 September 1822, page 3
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Or in long lost styles & syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island) 18 September 1822, page 3
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…. Papers Please Copy -
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…. Papers Please Copy -
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Typical Search -
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Typical Search
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Typical Search -
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Typical Search -
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Typical Search -
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Typical Search -
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Typical Search -
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What do you have on Grace (Toms) Stewart – who was born and married in Stamford, CT?
What do we know about her?
Her maiden name: Grace TomsBorn: abt1896 in Stamford, CTSpouse: Charles StewartOther: “Toms” family lived/died in Stamford area.
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Search for Grace Stewart = Over 3,500 hits
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Search for Grace Stewart = Over 3,500 hits
Just Recent Obituaries = 167 hits
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Search for Grace Stewart = Over 3,500 hits
Just Recent Obituaries = 167 hits
Limit to CT only = None
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Search for Charles Stewart = Over 700 hits
Just CT Obituaries = 1 hit
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Not him
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New Search for Grace Stewart Adding “Stamford” to theExtra search terms box
Just One Obituary
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It was her:
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Grace M. Stewart, 93, …. died of pneumonia Feb. 1 at the Collingswood Nursing …Center, Rockville, MD
“…a native of Stamford, Conn. …”
“Her husband, Charles Stewart, died in 1920.”
Washington Post – 4 Feb 1992
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Some Practical Tips
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Some Practical Tips
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Can You Read This?i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr theiproamtnt ltteres in a wrod are, the olny tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
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Some Practical Tips
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◦Over 1 billion names◦Over 5,850 newspapers
All 50 states 1690 to today
◦Over 263,000 rare books & documents
◦210 million obituaries & death records
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