Connecting NFS Ancestors Who Died in Utah

to Records of their Deaths

OBJECTIVES

• IDENTIFY ON NEW FAMILYSEARCH ANCESTORS WHO DIED IN UTAH

• LEARN HOW TO FIND RECORDS OF THEIR DEATHS ONLINE

• EXPLORE WHAT THE RECORDS TELL ABOUT THOSE ANCESTORS

In this lesson you are going to learn to find and use two records of death on

two different websites:

• DEATH CERTIFICATES– http://www.archives.state.ut.us/research/indexes/20842.htm

• NEWSPAPER OBITUARIES– http://digitalnewspapers.org/

In Family Pedigree with Details on NFS you can highlight each direct line ancestor on

the pedigree chart to find those who died in Utah.

To find death records for deaths between 1904 and 1958 go to:

http://www.archives.state.ut.us/research/indexes/20842.htm

1. Type in the name of the person, surname Remember to search for married women under their married name.

2. Click on Search.

1 2

Go back to NFS and compare the dates

Go back to NFS and compare the dates

Compare wife’s name

Compare data with NFS

Now in Family Pedigree on NFS you can check to find another direct line ancestor

who died in Utah.

Josephine Fielding Heath died in Utah in 1928

Here is the death

record of Josephine Fielding Heath.

Remember that we

search for death

records of married women

under their married

surnames.

Now search at http://www.archives.state.ut.us/research/indexes/20842.htmfor Josephine Fielding Heath.

When you check in Family Pedigree on NFS you find mother Mary Ann died in Utah before 1904, so there

will not be a death certificate for her.

We can search for an obituary in Utah Digital Newspapers at

http://digitalnewspapers.org/

Here are some of the newspapers found there:

Search for the ancestor found in NFS

Remember that we search for death records of married women under their married surnames.

Search for Mary Ann Fielding,

Not Mary Ann Peake

The Results! Which one do you want?

Which one is likely to be the right one?Go back to NFS to compare to know which is correct.

Only the first is for 1885.

Is this the right person?Go back to NFS to compare to know if this is the right person.

There is a difference in the birth date. How do you determine which is correct?

THAT IS THE TOPIC FOR ANOTHER LESSON!!

A wonderful tribute to

this woman!!

Do not forget to look for their children

DIED BEFORE 1904

CHECK OBITUARIES

The two websites that you have learned about in this tutorial

• To find death records for deaths between 1904 and 1958 go to: http://www.archives.state.ut.us/research/indexes/20842.htm

• Search for an obituary in Utah digital Newspapers athttp://digitalnewspapers.org/

Now search in each of these three indexes for at least two members of your ancestral families or those of

your spouse.

Report the results to your shift supervisor.