Comments on: An Obituary and Its Lessons http://allmyancestors.com/blog/2008/01/18/an-obituary-and-its-lessons/ Tales of my ancestors and my adventures searching for them Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Apple http://allmyancestors.com/blog/2008/01/18/an-obituary-and-its-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Apple Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:14:41 +0000 http://allmyancestors.com/blog/2008/01/18/an-obituary-and-its-lessons/#comment-934 My only experience with writing an obituary was for my father. The funeral director ask some questions, I answered them and they wrote the obituary and submitted it to the appropriate papers. I was upset and exhausted at the time and I got my name wrong. I don;t know if this is how it is done everywhere. I wish I had written down the information before I went. Your tip about poking around genweb sites is excellent. I visit one county often and have been frustrated because they don't have a search function but I found many entries I would have missed otherwise. My only experience with writing an obituary was for my father. The funeral director ask some questions, I answered them and they wrote the obituary and submitted it to the appropriate papers. I was upset and exhausted at the time and I got my name wrong. I don;t know if this is how it is done everywhere. I wish I had written down the information before I went.

Your tip about poking around genweb sites is excellent. I visit one county often and have been frustrated because they don’t have a search function but I found many entries I would have missed otherwise.

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