how can i find out on a obituaries from 1988-1996 in chicago il on christmas eve?

Question

the ladys name was denise johnson from chicago il she passed away on christmas eve between the years 1988-1996 she had kids

Answer 1

Christie,

Thank you for your question.

I would go to the nearest big library near you and check if they keep old copies of the Chicago Tribune or Chicago Sun-Times preferably on microfiche for the years 1988-1996. I would look through for dates a month after Christmas Eve for at each year.

Another alternative would be checking whether your library subscribes to a database such as Factiva or Lexis-Nexis and whether they would carry obituaries for someone who isn't a public figure.

There are also services that specialise in searching through obituaries.

This site claims to a central link for searching obituaries.

http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/other.htm

This is AncestorHunt which is a search engine for obituaries.

http://www.ancestorhunt.com/obituary_search_engines.htm

Good luck with your search.

Regards

Answer 2

The Chicago Times will have the info you need.

Answer 3

the library has a web page you should be able to search Thur the obits from old news papers they will have it....