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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
◦Over 263,000 rare books & documents
◦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
Search Obituaries - GenealogyBank.com
• Full name• Names of relatives• Date, place and
cause of death
Obituaries - • Name of cemetery• Name of clergy and
their denomination
Search Obituaries - GenealogyBank.com
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
Search Obituaries - GenealogyBank.com
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
Search Obituaries - GenealogyBank.com
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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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.
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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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