I'm looking for an obituary from 1982, for a woman named Lynette Baker. From Burlington Vt. Can you help me?

Question

Lynette Baker died in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. I believe it happened in the state of New York, but she lived in the state of Vermont in the Burlington area. She left behind a 3 year old daughter.

Answer 1

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
has
LYNNETTE BAKER
B. 19 Mar 1962
D. Oct 1982
ssn 008-60-4374, Issued Vermont

which means you can get her parents' names for $27, if you are interested. Burlington is in Chittenden County. This site:

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.chittenden

is devoted to that county. You might post a request for a lookup there. If you do, read some posts first. Some are better than others. (EXACTLY half are above average, and half are below, oddly enough.


If nothing comes of it you can write to the library there, enclosing a SASE and a small donation. They may have an death index or an obit index. Normally people shy away from looking through an entire month's worth of obits on microfilm.

Answer 2

Here's a list of Vermont newspapers. You can try contacting them. They don't usually have on-line obituaries from that far back, but they often will pull them from their archives if you write or call.
The Burlington Free Press, for instance, only has obit's on line beginning in 2002.

Answer 3

I have found alot of obits dating from the 1800s to present on the message board on rootsweb and/or posted on the usgenweb site. In the message board you are able to contact the relative who posted the information. In usgenweb is volunteers who have been going through newspapers and other records to post, but you can't contact them. Both of these web sites are free.

Answer 4

Have you tried Legacy.com? The site majors in obituary searches.

Answer 5

Doubtful you'll find anything online. Contact some newspapers, her hometown especially. They may search for you.