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Over 1 billion names
Over 5,850newspapers
All 50 states
1690 to today
Over 263,000 rarebooks & documents
210 million obituaries &death records
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Newspapers
5,850 & Growing! 1690-Today
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Obituaries -
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Obituaries - Full name
Names of
relatives
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Obituaries - Full name
Names of
relatives
Name ofcemetery
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Obituaries - Full name
Names of
relatives
Name ofcemetery
Name of clergyand theirdenomination
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Obituaries - Full name
Names of
relatives Date, place and
cause of death
Name ofcemetery
Name of clergyand theirdenomination
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Obituaries - Full name
Names of
relatives Date, place and
cause of death
Date and placeof birth
Name ofcemetery
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Obituaries - Full name
Names of
relatives Date, place and
cause of death
Date and place
of birth Date and place
of marriage
Name ofcemetery
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Obituaries - Full name
Names of
relatives Date, place and
cause of death
Date and place
of birth Date and place
of marriage
Name ofcemetery
Name of clergyand theirdenomination
Occupation
Education
Social groups
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Lets see a typical obituary -
Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)
30 November 1920, page 13.
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Lets see a typical obituary -
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Lets see a typical obituary -
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Lets see a typical obituary -
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Find the ancestral hometown -
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) 26
April 1893, page 4.
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Can be printed across thecountry -
San Francisco Bulletin (California)
23 October 1874, page 2.
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Printed in another language
El Continental (El Paso, Texas)
20 January 1959, page 3.
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Or in long lost styles &syntax -
Boston News Letter (Massachusetts)
30 April 1705, page 2
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Or in long lost styles &syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island)
18 September 1822, page 3
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Or in long lost styles &syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island)
18 September 1822, page 3
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Or in long lost styles &syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island)
18 September 1822, page 3
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Or in long lost styles &syntax -
Providence Patriot (Rhode Island)
18 September 1822, page 3
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. Papers Please Copy -
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Typical Search -
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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 Toms
Born: abt1896 in Stamford, CT
Spouse: Charles Stewart
Other: Toms family lived/died in Stamford area.
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Search for Grace Stewart
= Over 3,500 hits
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Search for Grace Stewart
= Over 3,500 hits
Just Recent Obituaries = 167 hits
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Search for Grace Stewart
= Over 3,500 hits
Just Recent Obituaries = 167 hits
Limit to CT only = None
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Search for Charles Stewart
= Over 700 hits
Just CT Obituaries = 1 hit
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Not him
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New Search for Grace Stewart
Adding Stamford to the
Extra search terms box
Just One Obituary
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It was her:
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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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Some Practical Tips
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Can You Read This?
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty
uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid,
aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr
theiproamtnt ltteres in a wrod are, the olny
tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the
rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and
you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed
ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Azanmig huh?
yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was
ipmorantt!
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Over 1 billion names
Over 5,850 newspapers
All 50 states 1690 to today
Over 263,000 rarebooks & documents
210 million obituaries &death records
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