Where can I find an obituary?

Question:

Where can I find an obituary?

I'm trying to find an obituary. The person's last zip code was 92071. He died in San Diego Oct. 27, 1975.

Thank you for your time

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3 days ago
I do have his full name "Raymond E. Maylone

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 3 days ago
I do have his full name "Raymond E. Maylone The short answer is: In old copies of the newspaper on microfilm at the public library.

If you live in the area, the easiest way is to go there yourself.

If you don't, you can try posting a request on a county-level genealogy bulletin board. Look at it first to see how many requests there are and how quickly they are answered. If there are lots of un-answered requests, don't waste your time.

You can send a small donation and a SASE to the library. They will either send you a copy or return your check and say they don't look up obits.

Finally, some genealogical societies have volunteers that look up obits; you send them a small donation and a SASE. The county-level US Gen Web site for San Diego County should have their address. Sorry I can't help you ,,but I thought it was a very interesting question,,,there are a few a would like to find ,,,some are even still alive....JUST KIDDING!!

I will come back to read any answers ,,I am curious too and gave you a star...seeeeeeeeeeeee* emo dude man i looked everywhere and i cant find it anywhere. Tuff if you had the name then it would be easier. newspaper in that town should have it or as the city clerk same place Hello!

You can try one of three places: start with the newspaper of the town he died in (or the town he lived in), or the local library, or the office of Vital Statistics of the town in which his death was reported.

If the last zip code was in 92071 (Santee, CA???), maybe his death was reported to the office of Vital Stats in that town. An orbituary usually means that his death was officially reported, and there should be a death certificate somewhere on file with that county courthouse. This can tell you exactly in which city (Santee or San Diego) his death was reported, and in some cases, death certificates are a matter of public record.

Most newspapers print special orbituary sections. When you find out where his death was reported, contact the newspaper of that town and ask for the paper's "archive" department, as you need to look up an old orbituary, and give them the name of the person and the date of death. Some newspapers charge a small fee for this, and they can even mail to you or email to you a copy of the orbituary.

As for your local library, they can help you find the orbituary yourself. I don't know how it works in your town, but our main library here has a database that has access to all the newspapers and magazines in the country. If your library has a similar computer system, look up his name and see if it pops up in a newspaper's obit section, or some kind of "death announcement" article. You can then look at the obit online, or you can get the print date and ask one of the librarians to print it out for you. An obit that old is probably on microfiche.

Hope this information helps! Do you know what cemetery he was buried in? If you do, you may be able to get a free copy from them.

Vital records do not in most cases keep obits. The local genealogy center where he died keeps old newspapers. They usually charge $2.00 and they will find it and mail it to you. This is your best bet if the cemetery doesn't have it.

Newspaper offices usually won't look it up for you and if they do it's expensive as they charge for research time. This link is what I have so far, hold on, I'm getting more info, I'll come back

http://www.newspaperarchive.com/keywordl...

Edit:
Sorry this website you have to pay to find anything, they did say they found 3 matches though! You can do a 7 day pass for $25, but this was all I could find. Good luck!