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Question:I'm looking for absolute free information on the rumored death of a family member. I know city, state, name, birthdate, etc, but have not been able to find a site that is truly free, to find such information.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I'm looking for absolute free information on the rumored death of a family member. I know city, state, name, birthdate, etc, but have not been able to find a site that is truly free, to find such information.

You would need to contact the vital records department for the state your relative died in, but the research is not free. I just did that for an ancestor in New York state and the fee was $22.

Online records like the obituary section of the newspaper won't be a complete record because only the people that want to publish the death in the newspaper will pay for it. The state is required by law to keep all records. Good luck!

Try the daily papers for that area. I did that a couple of years ago for a neighbours funeral details.

WHAT is a "Death Notice"?... do you mean an OBITUARY?... You will have to go to the local LIBRARY and LOOK UP THE BACK RECORDS of the local paper... YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY DO RESEARCH... you can't do the online...

AND... be prepared to spend a LOT of time looking at the microfiche... because even if you KNOW the exact date of death, you will still look through a week's worth of newspaper... Most small town papers hide the obituaries in any available space, so they can be anywhere in the paper.

Email me the name, city, etc. and I will help you if I can. I have many paid site subscriptions and back-door knowledge as well.

I can only suggest you try www.google.co.uk or www.familyrecords.gov.uk If you don't know about American papers you could try ancestry.com but .....
I really hope that you are successful.

Try the web sites below might just help, try the bottom one first, if nether help the go to google-news-archive and search.

hope this helps

good look and good hunting