i no his name year he was born date he died state he lived in and city and coutey and social seritety nummber i just need to get his obituarie so i can learn more i cant afford to pay for it thanks beth
2006-10-30 11:48:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
The first thing I would do is Goggle his name. Just go to www.google.com and type in his name in the search field. If that isn't adequate, do a search for the town and contact the local news paper with the information. They may be willing to e-mail it to you or send it to you for a very small fee--postage?
2006-10-30 11:53:35 · answer #1 · answered by Back Porch Willy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Go to
http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
Find his death date and county.
2) Go to
http://www.tedpack.org/obit.html
Read all of it. It is long. I ramble. Read it all anyway.
3) Post a SMART query - not a stupid one - on one, just one, of the county level boards mentioned in (2). Look at both. Pick the one that is most active. This makes you morally obligated to look up an obit for someone else. I don't normally suggest GenForum and Ancestry to YA users because they don't bother to spell-check and they lower the standards of those other boards. You seem desperate and willing to try. Your Q here is rife with typos, but that is standard for YA. I think you can do better. If you can't, ask for the obit anyway. Illiterate people deserve to know things as much as erudite people.
If you follow all the steps and the county board has a selfless, witty, gracious volunteer, you should get it, for free, in a couple of weeks.
2006-10-31 00:29:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this link http://newslink.org/news.html and look for the state & city that he died or lived in. From there you can contact the newspapers to see if they published an obit for him. You could also go to the rootsweb.com and subscribe to the mailing list for the county that he lived or died in. You could put out a request on that mailing list to have a look-up done for the obit. Often there are locals that will check the microfilm at the local library for you. I sometimes do this myself for anyone making a reasonable request and sufficient information to go on. Good luck.
2006-10-30 21:30:28 · answer #3 · answered by b0jangle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check the internet for newspapers, and e-mail the paper(s) from the town he lived in. They usually have archives of obituaries, although there may be a small fee for copying and mailing. You could also go to sites such as Obituaries.com. Good luck in your search.
2006-10-30 19:57:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find out if your public library has a subscription to Ancestry.com If they do, check the California Death Index. Good luck.
2006-10-31 10:38:30 · answer #5 · answered by Renae 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
search for death certificates and birth certificates, the library is a good place to start or the police if they're anything like my local station they might not mind telling you where he lived, so you can track down his local hospital? possible neighbours etc
best wishes
2006-10-30 22:28:05 · answer #6 · answered by Can I Be Your Pet? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a search engine... then perhaps the public archives. I don't know if they'd be online, but it's worth a shot. Good luck!
2006-10-30 22:34:35 · answer #7 · answered by Jarby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the library....the usually have old newspapers in huge books....it will just take time to look through it....but since you know so much about the dates....it may be easier
2006-10-30 19:56:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
contact the local newspaper in the death location, their library of old issues should have it.
2006-10-30 21:33:05 · answer #9 · answered by Diana P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋