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In
Camden County, NJ and elsewhere...
1 The Camden
County Library has the Courier Post newspaper back to October, 1949.
We can search the paper for patrons if they can pinpoint the exact date
of death to within a few weeks. There
is no index to the newspaper. You
can search the Courier Post website, however, for current obituaries back to January
1, 1999:
http://miva.courierpostonline.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?obit.mv
2. If the
death date is unknown, the patron can try searching the Social Security Death
Index to identify the date, if the person drew Social Security benefits:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
3. If the
person died before 1949 in NJ, the patron can check with the Camden County
Historical Society. They have the
Courier Post on microfilm from 1892-1959. They
also have an obituary card file. Their
usual charges are $5 for a simple search where you know the death date, or $25
per hour for more extensive research.
http://www.cchsnj.com
Phone: (856) 964-3333
4 Another resource might be the Gloucester County
Historical Society because the Camden County area was a part of Gloucester
County until 1844, when it became a separate county. They also have an obituary
file. Their research fee is $25.00
for members and $30.00 for non-members. Payment may be made by check or money
order.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgchs/
Phone: (856) 845-4771.
5. If the
person died recently (within the last several years), the patron could try the
Obituary Daily Times, which is an index of obituaries printed in newspapers.
This would be one way to determine the exact date.
The patron would then need to contact a library that carries the
newspaper to obtain the obituary:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
Another resource for recent obituaries is ObitFinder:
http://www.legacy.com/NS/
6. You might
be interested in our genealogy website.It
includes all of the major genealogy sites on the Internet and some sites
specifically for New Jersey genealogy:
http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/pathfinders/genresou.htm
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