4. Death Certificates (vital records)
Social Security Death Index
Tombstones
Burial records
Church records
Obituaries and death notices
FamilySearch.org
Wills
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6. Internment.net
Findagrave.com
US Genweb Tombstone Project
africanamericancemeteries.com
Search for specific cemeteries, people, projects
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9. US Veterans Gravesite Locator
gravelocator.cem.va.gov
Search for burial locations of veterans and
their family members in VA National
Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various
other military and Department of Interior
cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private
cemeteries when the grave is marked with a
government grave marker.
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11. Most, but not all, foreign countries record births
and deaths.
Persons who need a copy of a foreign birth or
death record should contact the Embassy or the
nearest Consulate in the U.S. of the country in
which the death occurred.
General rule of thumb. Vital registration began in
many countries around 1900 give or take a few
decades.
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13. Legacy.com
Founded in 1998, Legacy.com is an innovative online
media company that collaborates with more than 800
newspapers in North America, Europe and Australia to
provide ways for readers to express condolences and
share remembrances of loved ones.
Legacy.com is visited by more than 14 million users
each month. It partners with 124 of the 150 largest
newspapers in the U.S.
…but it costs money sometimes.
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16.
17. LSC-CyFair Branch Library Databases
New York Times Historical
Access Archive Newspaper
Limitations to any obituary search
Poor indexing
Finding the newspaper
Lack of an obituary
Cost
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19. Church records
Obituaries
State death indexes
Some international death information for
Europe, Canada and Australia
Most databases are very focused on a small region
and time period. In other words, you need a
bit of luck.
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21. Virtual Flowers
Guest books
“Read” a cemetery, provide a transcription
Add photos and history
Genealogy is a very labor intensive, very
personal, very human endeavor
