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From: "William M Roberts" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Obituary Information
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:27:06 -0500
In-Reply-To: <007b01c3d528$64239ed0$c8c88a3f@ron>


Ron

You may want to be careful about other family members. My son-in-law was
listed in an individual's obituary even though he is no relation. He
took care of many little items around the deceased individual home for
several years and the deceased individual's wife added him to the list
as a son.

Myrnice

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Chenier [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:13 AM
> To:
> Subject: [TMG] Obituary Information
>
> I have quite a few copies of newspaper obituary notices.
> In recording them as sources I have used the Source Type:
> Obituary/Newspaper
> Item.
>
> However I wonder how one would use the additional information found on
> these
> sources.
> For instance, the discovery of other family members and other
marriages.
>
> If I found for example an other sibling to the individual's obituary
would
> it not sound funny if I quoted an obituary as the source for this
> individual?
> Would there be another way of sourcing these newly found individuals
or
> events such as a former marriage?
>
> Right now I am using a new source such as "From his Father's
Obituary",
> "From his Mother-in-Law's Obituary", etc.. Would this be a feasible
> sourcing
> method?
> How do others treat this?
>
> Looking for ideas.
>
> Ron Chénier
>
>
>
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