Sunday, December 18, 2011

There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead!


Miracle Max


For one thing, if you're mostly dead you don't show up online. But, if you're all dead there are several places to look for the proof.

I've been pretty surprised at how easy it is to find evidence of death. One good place to start is Histopolis, where they have maps and genealogy links, etc. That might lead you to Find-a-grave, which is a collection of cemetery sites where people have photographed graves and posted them to the Find-a-grave website. Sometimes they post graves they have no relationship to. There are other groups doing similar services for people they don't know. Ohio Gravestones.org is one I've used a lot. Another idea is to look up a specific cemetery and see if they have posted their interments online. An increasing number of them have.  In Cincinnati, Ohio, I was researching the Binder family. If  you go to the link and type Binder into the Last Name field, you'll see all of the Binders buried at Walnut Hills Cemetery.

There are more places to find death info.   Wait 'til I get going!

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