FINDAGRAVE, BILLION GRAVES, AND OTHER DEATH DATABASES
©Copyright 2013 by Donald R. Snow
Sections of the Class Notes
- Welcome and Introduction
- Death and Cemetery Information
- Obituaries
- Conclusions
This page was last updated 2013-01-13
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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
- These Family History Update classes are usually on the 1st
and 3rd Wednesdays, 1-2:30 PM in St. George. See the
schedule in the MS7 Ward Bulletin (St. George Morningside
7th Ward) and on the website http://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classes.html
where the notes are stored. Each class is independent,
so attend when you want to. Instructor is Donald R.
Snow ( snowd@math.byu.edu
) of Provo and St. George, Utah. Tip: holding down the
Control Key while clicking on a link in these notes opens
the link in a new window so you don't lose your place where
you were.
- Classes coming up
- Wed 2013-01-16 1-2:30 PM -- Findagrave,
Billion Graves, and Other Death Records -- at FH
Update Class, St. George
- Sat 2013-01-19 10 am-noon -- FamilySearch
Family Tree: The Future of New FamilySearch --
Q&A
- Fri 2013-02-22 7:20 PM -- Evernote,
PhraseExpress, and ResophNotes: Freeware Note Programs
to Help With Your Family History -- at Family
History Expo - St. George, Utah
- Sat 2013-02-23 11:20 am -- What
To Do with a Letter Collection Using Erastus Snow's
Family Letters as an Illustration -- Link to Personal
Letters of the Erastus Snow Family -- Presentation
at Family
History Expo - St. George, Utah
- Thurs 2013-03-21 1:45 PM --
Organizing and Presenting Your Photos: Picasa and
Other Freeware -- at RootsTech
2013, Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah
- This class will discuss websites that are helpful for
death information and documentation, how to search them, and
what to do with the information.
DEATH AND CEMETERY INFORMATION
- Find A Grave -- http://www.findagrave.com
-- Lists cemeteries, burials, photos of headstones, some
obituaries, notes, links to relatives whether buried in same
cemetery or not, and more-- is not indexed on
FamilySearch
- Billion Graves -- http://billiongraves.com/
-- Cemeteries, burials, photos of headstones, family
links, obituaries, bio's -- is indexed on FamilySearch
- Historical Records on http://www.familysearch.org
-- Many indexed records, censuses, death records, old IGI,
and lots more -- Records are in the following forms: (1)
index only, (2) images only (indicated by "Browse Images"),
or (3) both index and images (camera icon in front) --
Example: Utah
Death Certificates, 1904-1956
- Utah Burials Index from Utah State Historical Society -- http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/search
- Social Security Death Index --http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi/
-- this version of is updated more often than the version on
FamilySearch
- FamilySearch Blog article about U.S. online birth,
marriage, and death records -- https://familysearch.org/blog/en/online-united-states-birth-marriage-death-records/
- Links to death indexes for U.S. -- http://www.deathindexes.com/
- For more information, particularly for Utah, see Don's
notes of LDS
and Utah Records
OBITUARIES
- Try Googling the person's name in quotes -- Example:
DMS
-- Note the National Obituary Search button at the top
- Obituaries Help -- http://obituarieshelp.org/
-- and Cyndislist for obituaries -- http://cyndislist.com/obituaries/
-- list of links to newspapers and websites
- Some newspapers available through your local
public library, e.g. Utah's Public Pioneer --
http://library.washco.utah.gov/
-- may require your library card barcode
- Several large newspaper collections available free at
FHC's -- see https://help.familysearch.org/publishing/699/106761_f.SAL_Public.html
- Utah Digital Newspaper collection 1879-1956
-- http://digitalnewspapers.org
- Obits Archive (GenealogyBank)
-- http://www.obitsarchive.com/
-- claims to be the largest obit
collection; can be searched
to find obit, newspaper, and date, but you have to pay
to see the obit
- For more helps and links see Don's notes on Newspapers
CONCLUSIONS
- Many records are created when someone dies besides the
above, e.g. mortuary records, probate records, military
records, and pension records
- Suggestion: helpful goal is to find death information
about each of your ancestors and relatives starting from
your own parents, aunts, and uncles
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