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Obituaries: Getting all the Obituaries: Getting all the cluesclues
Thomas Jay KempThomas Jay Kemp
Director, Genealogy ProductsDirector, Genealogy Products
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28 March 201228 March 2012
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◦ 210 million obituaries 210 million obituaries & death records& death records
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Obituaries - Obituaries -
Obituaries - Obituaries - Full nameNames of
relatives
Obituaries - Obituaries - Full nameNames of
relatives
Name of cemetery
Obituaries - Obituaries - Full nameNames of
relatives
Name of cemetery
Name of clergy and their denomination
Obituaries - Obituaries - Full nameNames of
relativesDate, place and
cause of death
Name of cemetery
Name of clergy and their denomination
Obituaries - Obituaries - Full nameNames of
relativesDate, place and
cause of deathDate and place
of birth
Name of cemetery
Name of clergy and their denomination
Obituaries - Obituaries - Full nameNames of
relativesDate, place and
cause of deathDate and place
of birthDate and place
of marriage
Name of cemetery
Name of clergy and their denomination
Obituaries - Obituaries - Full nameNames of
relativesDate, place and
cause of deathDate and place
of birthDate and place
of marriage
Name of cemetery
Name of clergy and their denomination
OccupationEducationSocial groups
Let’s see a typical obituary Let’s see a typical obituary --
Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) 30 November 1920, page 13.
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Find the ancestral home Find the ancestral home town -town -
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) 26 April 1893, page 4.
Can be printed across the Can be printed across the country -country -
San Francisco Bulletin (California) 23 October 1874, page 2.
Printed in another Printed in another language -language -
El Continental (El Paso, Texas) 20 January 1959, page 3.
Or in long lost styles & Or in long lost styles & syntax -syntax -
Boston News Letter (Massachusetts) 30 April 1705, page 2
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Providence Patriot (Rhode Island) 18 September 1822, page 3
Or in long lost styles & Or in long lost styles & syntax -syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island) 18 September 1822, page 3
Or in long lost styles & Or in long lost styles & syntax -syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island) 18 September 1822, page 3
Or in long lost styles & Or in long lost styles & syntax -syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island) 18 September 1822, page 3
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What do you have on Grace (Toms) Stewart – who was born and married in Stamford, CT?
What do we know about her?
Her maiden name: Grace TomsBorn: abt1896 in Stamford, CTSpouse: Charles StewartOther: “Toms” family lived/died in Stamford area.
Search for Grace Stewart = Over 3,500 hits
Search for Grace Stewart = Over 3,500 hits
Just Recent Obituaries = 167 hits
Search for Grace Stewart = Over 3,500 hits
Just Recent Obituaries = 167 hits
Limit to CT only = None
Search for Charles Stewart = Over 700 hits
Just CT Obituaries = 1 hit
Not him
New Search for Grace Stewart Adding “Stamford” to theExtra search terms box
Just One Obituary
It was her:It was her:
Grace M. Stewart, 93, …. died of pneumonia Feb. 1 at the Collingswood Nursing …Center, Rockville, MD
“…a native of Stamford, Conn. …”
“Her husband, Charles Stewart, died in 1920.”
Washington Post – 4 Feb 1992
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