Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and documents of the men and women who served.
An illustrated view of life during the American Civil War and 19th-century America.
Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and documents of the men and women who served.
Obituaries can be a gold mine of information for the family historian! Where else might you find information about an individual's spouse, children, parents, siblings, surviving family members, date and place of birth, marriage and death, religious and social affiliations, education, community service, places of residence, hobbies and interests, maybe even a photo? Not all obituaries contain all of this information, but most will provide some additional clues to the life of your ancestor. Newspapers publish information that is of interest to those in the community, and the death of a community resident was and is news. Some entries may be only a simple notice of the death with just a name and date; others can be lengthy tributes penned by family members or friends. When no obituary is present, look for mortuary ads containing the schedule of upcoming funerals, lists of burial permits recently purchased, or even small ads placed by family members on the anniversary of a death expressing their continued sorrow over the loss of a loved one in the form of a short poem or quote.
Search archives of several US newspapers individually or together, including Chicago Tribune, NYT, and WSJ, plus the Toronto Star (coverage years vary).
