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Position:Home>Genealogy> About Obituaries, sort of different?Question: About Obituaries, sort of different!? My uncle died about twelve years ago, and I've only seen his obituary once, and it was when I was little!. I'd like to find it again, and some classmates too that have passed away!.
I was wondering if there was any site that listed obituaries from at least 1990 and on that you know of!? Thanks, KaraWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: USA Answer: When Paris Hilton goes to a party without her underpants, you can see pictures on 4,000 web sites the next day!. The pictures probably will be there 30 years from now, where her kids can look at them!. Looking for Paris Hilton like searching for a needle in a sewing store!. You can limit your search to which year the picture was taken and how much she is wearing and you still have a gazillion choices!. Looking for an ordinary person on the other hand, is searching for a needle in a haystack!. It is like fly fishing, too; you have to cast a number of times and you still may not find anything!. obitcentral!.com or legacy!.com may have it!. It may be a note on the person's findagrave!.com entry!. The newspaper that ran it may have it in their archives!. Usually they keep it for 7, 30 or 90 days, though!. If the person died in Preble County, Ohio, prior to 1950, the county library web site may have it!. By extension, the county library site for the county in question should be one of the "pools" you cast into!. So should the US Gen Web site for the county, the Ancestry query board for the county and the GenForum board for the county!. If you live in the county, you can sometimes find the obit in the microfilmed newspapers!. Sometimes there wasn't one, especially if the person died in a drug deal or the family was poor and the newspaper charged for them!. Big city newspapers don't print obits for everyone because they'd run out of space!. If you don't live in the county, you can send the library a name, date, SASE and $5 and request a copy!. They will either try for it or return your check!. Sometimes you can find the obit in Google with an exact search!. Try all forms of the name, enclosing it in quotation marks: "Abraham Lincoln" "Abe Lincoln" "Lincoln, Abraham" "Lincoln, Abe" The case isn't important!. You do have to use double quotes ("), not single ones (')!. Add "Obituary" and other words as needed outside of the quotation marks if you get too many hits for the name alone!. "Abraham Lincoln" Obituary "Abraham Lincoln" Obituary Springfield "Abraham Lincoln" Obituary Springfield president etc!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I found an obituary of my college friend whom I hadn't spoken to in several years by doing a Google search of her name!. She died in 1998 I believe!. You can try that first!. If you know what town they lived in when they died, you can try searching that towns newspapers and see if they have it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Contact a family member they may have a copy!. old new paper look in the obituary part, know the date and month he died, and what state!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |