Archive for the 'Obituary Sources' Category

Saginaw, Michigan, Cemetery Records to be Computerized

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

I just blogged an item about the obituary index posted by the Hoyt Library in Saginaw a couple days ago. Now I see that the city is getting behind a project to computerize records of the area cemeteries.
A growing number of folks looking for their dead relatives are prompting a move by Saginaw and the […]

Check out the Hoyt Library Obituary Index in Saginaw, Michigan

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

According to an article in the South Bend Tribune, the Hoyt library in Saginaw is the #3 rated Michigan genealogy library. In checking out the website, I find that the library has posted an index of over 200,000 area obituaries. Better yet, after finding your ancestor in the index, click on the name and you […]

Wells County, Indiana Online Obituary & Cemetery Indexes

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

The Wells County Public Library in Bluffton, Indiana has two online resources that genealogists need to be aware of. First, they have an online Bluffton Obituary Index that runs from 1866 through the year 2000. Second, the Cemetery Index for Wells County, also accesssible online.
The Indiana room houses a number of excellent genealogy references, […]