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For many years, we have had volunteers abstracting obituaries from the newspapers.  He would include the name of the deceased, date of death, newspaper, date of newspaper, and page number.  Several other volunteers took the abstracted information and entered it into the computer.  Obituary index books were printed and bound.  The books were divided by decades.  Within each book, the list of obituaries is in alphabetical order by surname.  In bound form, we have the following years:

For many years, we have had volunteers abstracting obituaries from the newspapers.  He would include the name of the deceased, date of death, newspaper, date of newspaper, and page number.  Several other volunteers took the abstracted information and entered it into the computer.  Obituary index books were printed and bound.  The books were divided by decades.  Within each book, the list of obituaries is in alphabetical order by surname.  In bound form, we have the following years:

1890-1899 1940-1949

1900-1919 1950-1959

1920-1929 1960-1969

! * 1890–1899|| * 1940–1949

1930-1939

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|| * 1900–1919|| * 1950–1959

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|| * 1920–1929|| * 1960–1969

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|| * 1930–1939||

Two other notebooks were labeled “Old Obituaries.”  However, most of these were from the 1950s-1960s.  These notebooks included copies of the actual obituaries.  The index to these notebooks was at one time in the card catalog.

Two other notebooks were labeled “Old Obituaries.”  However, most of these were from the 1950s-1960s.  These notebooks included copies of the actual obituaries.  The index to these notebooks was at one time in the card catalog.