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From: "Chris&PattiSmith" <>
Subject: Free Obituary Lookups--Current
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 22:52:36 -0400


Legacy Offers Collection of Obituary Sites

Genealogy buffs, sharpen your pencils. Legacy.com
both hosts obituary sites for newspapers and
offers of a free lookup of the last 30 days' of
obituaries. What's available varies a lot as they
are searching the sites they host, but there's
more than enough here to make a visit worthwhile.

Legacy is available at
http://www.legacy.com/LegacyHome.asp


On the front page you'll find a simple keyword
search for obituaries and guestbooks. You can
search all papers or narrow them down by state.
You can also browse the available newspapers'
obituary sections by state. I chose Kansas and
found there were two obituary sections available.
Choose one and you'll go to that paper's Web site.
If your genealogical research is concentrated on a
specific area I recommend you do this, as most of
the papers I looked at had 365 days' worth of
obituaries, instead of only 30.

The newspaper sites also offer other features,
including signing up for daily obituary mailings,
information on funeral homes in the newspapers
area, and other end-of-life related information
(which varied by newspaper.)


Patti
(researching Gray's in Mass and NY)

--- Chris&Patti Smith
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