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From: "Larry & Lora Short" <>
Subject: Re: [PANORTHU-L] Obituaries Online
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:02:25 -0600
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20040217085901.00b02740@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>


Tim - thanks for the lead. I have already found some information to add to
my data base. BTW - you can sign up with the Citizen Standard to have a
weekly reminder by email that new information is posted.
Lora
(not in any particular order)
Searcher for Lefflers, NASCAR fan,
Collector of Shawnee pottery

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Shipe" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:19 AM
Subject: [PANORTHU-L] Obituaries Online


> I was pleased to discover that the Sunbury Daily Item website
> (http://www.dailyitem.com/) now displays the full text of obituaries. You
> can click on the obituaries link on the left side of the screen or go
> directly to the obituaries at
http://www.legacy.com/dailyitem/LegacyHome.asp.
>
> The current day's list of names appears on the screen; highlight a name
and
> click on "display", or just double click on the name, to show the full
> text. You can click on the calendar to see the list for an earlier date.
> (The first available date is Saturday, 14 February 2004.) You can search
> the entire obituary database by last name of the deceased--this should be
> useful a few months or years down the road, assuming that they intend to
> retain all of the obituaries. There is also a keyword search feature, but
> it only works on the current day's obituaries, so it's hard to imagine
that
> being of much use.
>
> The Shamokin-Mt. Carmel News Item obituaries have been available online
for
> some time now at http://www.zwire.com/site/news.asp?brd=2311. (The link is
> on the right; you have to scroll down to get to it.) And the Citizen
> Standard site (http://www.citizenstandard.com/) has online obituaries
> covering the Mahantango and Hegins Valleys and neighboring regions. Both
of
> these websites have more extensive search capabilities, so you can search
> for a surname in the text of all the obituaries.
>
> I thought some folks might find these links useful.
>
> Tim
>

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