Obituary Fans

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Do you have mounds of obituary clippings? Do you read the obits every day? Do you have a file of the best obits? This group's for you.
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How do you use Obituaries and Funeral Programs

by Angela Walton-Raji

Jul 9, 2009

Hello all----I thought I would start a thread as I am a collector of obituaries and funeral programs. I am curious as to how they are used in your genealogical/historical projects.

I have found them to be a wonderful way to document not only a family, but also a community. If you have someone in the family who attends everybody's funerals, that person usually has a stash of obits and funeral programs. I get permission to copy them (sometimes taking the owner with me to Kinko's) and return them immediately.

However, with my stash, I add the programs to a community database on my FTM program. Many times I end up linking families through these obits and funeral programs as next of kin are often mentioned.

How about others out there? What do you do with them?
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    CHASTITY

    I have a collection, and all I have done with them is keep them all together in a brown envelope. I have just family, friends of family, and some church members, tha's all. I would like to start an extensive collection for people in my community.

    Jul 14, 2009

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      Kathleen Terry Billingsley

      I have found many, many obits on newspaper archive sites, then have added many side branches to my tree on Ancestry which is public. The tree keeps growing and growing and growing, but I do it for others because the obituaries provide so much valuable data.

      Jul 17, 2009

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        Regina Lynn Williams

        I have about 1000 or so and would love to share what I have. Do you know how to do it on here?

        Nov 1, 2009