2007-09-19 16:40:57 · 5 answers · asked by mygirl1234 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
At www.rootsweb.com, click to searches and use the social security death index (assuming the person died in the US). This will give you the date of death. This is NOT always the place where they lived... they may have had an accident in another state, for example.
With the death date, you can locate the newspaper for the locality where they lived. Many... not all .. newspapers are now online, and you can often send an email to check WHERE obits for that time frame can be found. It is possible they can "pull" it for you, or it might be at the local library. Obits for that far back would probably be on microfilm.
You can also try finding the mortuary that handled the services, if in a small enough town. They may have copy in their file.
Keep in mind... we all look for obits, but not everyone has one.
2007-09-19 17:11:00 · answer #1 · answered by wendy c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those most likely will not be on the internet. You would have to search old newspapers at the local library in the town where the person lived or died.
2007-09-19 16:48:39 · answer #2 · answered by Lola 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As I always say, go the public library, the geneaologist can help you.
2007-09-19 17:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to the library....someone will help you with the records !!!!
2007-09-19 16:45:23 · answer #4 · answered by chessmaster1018 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.tedpack.org/obit.html
has some links and tips. There are four ways to try.
2007-09-20 04:03:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋