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GC-015: Check for an Obituary

GC-015: Check for an Obituary

FromAncestral Findings


GC-015: Check for an Obituary

FromAncestral Findings

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Length:
1 minute
Released:
Apr 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

If you can’t find a death certificate, such as if your ancestor died before his or her county or state started requiring the issuance of them, look in the old newspapers of the area to see if you can find an obituary. The time and place of the funeral, as well as the burial location, are often revealed in obituaries, even quite old ones. Once you have the name of the cemetery, finding the burial location is usually a simple matter. Many old newspapers are now online, both on free and membership genealogy websites like GenealogyBank.com, Newspapers.com, and others. You can search for obituaries on those websites. If the newspapers from your ancestor’s area are not online, you can always go to the local historical society and see if they have records of old newspapers on microfilm. If you don’t live close to the historical society, you can call them and see if they will do a lookup for you. Many of them will. You can also try contacting the newspaper itself to ask where it keeps old issues and how you can search them. Listen via: https://ancestralfindings.com/itunes   https://ancestralfindings.com/youtube  - Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing  - Free eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks  - Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames  - Send me a postcard https://ancestralfindings.com/mail 
Released:
Apr 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Genealogy is the most wonderful of pastimes. I love it, and you should, too. There are endless reasons why. Genealogy is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the western world, as more and more people discover the exhilarating and slightly addictive nature of ancestor hunting. It’s like an ongoing mystery with clues you have to discover and then put together to come to conclusions about your family’s past. The mystery never ends, because there is no end to the amount of time you can potentially go back in history with your family research. Yet, the more you can discover, the more complete picture of your family you can put together. It’s insanely rewarding, and the more you do it, the more you will want to do it. That’s a given...