2006-11-16 09:36:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
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.
2006-11-16 12:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many People don't know this , but the Mormon Church keeps a record of EVERYONE who dies whether you are a member or not. You can go tho their site and do a lot of genealogy research at the family search center. The Mormons have records of census, land purchases, birth, death, population, you name it, they have it! You should be able to find what you are looking for at their site! Good Luck!
2006-11-16 10:32:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with the local newspaper.
2006-11-16 09:41:31 · answer #3 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats because the gov't doesnt want you to know about '74-'79. Ever heard of Watergate?
2006-11-16 09:38:53 · answer #4 · answered by smizzle 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Which country? Which town?
2006-11-16 09:39:27 · answer #5 · answered by HSB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
look at the newspapers for those years, on microfiche I think
2006-11-16 09:40:30 · answer #6 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋