Where can i find an obituary from 1974 and 1979, the library does not list these

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Where can i find an obituary from 1974 and 1979, the library does not list these years?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Usually in the microfilm copies of old newspapers in the library. Most people only get one. If someone lives for 50 years in "Smallville" and moves to "Gotham City" just before he dies, he may get an obit on both towns' papers. Someone may not get one at all; if the family would rather not, or he lived in a big city and was a normal (not famous) person, or the newspaper in his town only published an obit if the family paid for it and his family declined.

You have to find the person's exact death date, then either go yourself, send the library a donation and an SASE, or post a request on a county-level genealogy board.

If someone has compiled an obituary index, you are lucky; most libraries don't have one.