Have you ever searched for an ancestor’s obituary? What information did it provide, their death date? Their surviving children’s names? In this video we take a look at all the rich details an obituary can provide to help you expand your family tree. #genealogyresearch #familyhistory
In today’s obituary example, we get clues about the person’s date, place and cause of death, married name, maiden name, husband, children, date and place of birth, and locations she lived throughout her marriage. What a rich, clue-filled obituary that was. Kudos to whoever wrote that and gave such great details to lead us on in our family history search.
As with all genealogy documents, this one leaves us asking a few questions like: What caused the family to move to so many places? What was the husband’s occupation? What were the daughters’ names? (They were listed as Mrs. and then their husband’s name.)
This document also leads us to some next places to research and learn more about this ancestor and her family:
-Death certificate for Rebecca
-Marriage record for Rebecca and _____ in Kentucky
-Birth record for Rebecca (although Kentucky was super spotty at keeping birth records during this time frame)
-1880-1930 US Censuses (should be able to follow her movements fairly well with the dates and locations given in the obituary)
-Children’s marriages and locations for the 1940 US Census
Link to this exact record:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10183961/donohoo_thompson_frances_rebecca/
Websites to look for newspaper obituaries:
FREE
Chronicling America: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
The Ancestor Hunt Free U.S. Historical Newspaper Links: http://bit.ly/2oHV2vN
Fulton History: http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
Elephind: http://www.elephind.com
PAID (I am not an affiliate with these sites, but use them often.)
Newspapers.com: https://www.newspapers.com/
Genealogy Bank: http://genealogybank.com
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