Historic Map Works, Residential Genealogy ™ Historical Atlases and Maps of U.S. and States | Map of US. Ancestry.com. NewspaperARCHIVE.com. Google News Archive. WVInfoDepot.org. Noble County Search. Simon Journal Deaths: 1900-1943 Coroner's Report of Violent Deaths: 1927-1939 Brazzell Funeral Home Albion IN Records: 1944-1992 Brown Coffin Books Ligonier IN: 1867-1886 1893-1908 1908-1943 Brown Funeral Home Ligonier IN Register of Funerals: 1890-1950 Kerr Funeral Home Ligonier IN Burial Permits: 1899-1941 Moore Funeral Home Cromwell IN 1948-1961 Ulrey-Sedgwick Funeral Home Ligonier IN Records: 1942-1984 A gentleman by the name of Frank Simon kept a journal of events occurring in his neighborhood of LaOtto and the surrounding area.
Birth and death certificates are $12 each. Information included in the county records is not all-inclusive. The amount of information retained in early birth records often does not include the given name of the child. Every effort was made toward accuracy in this transcription; however, some handwriting is nearly illegible and often misspellings, along with inaccurate entries were detected (i.e., the sex of the child, event dates, etc.). Google Advanced Search. Genealogy Search Engine. Whitley County Genealogy. PA Obituary Search. Family Search. Photo Stitch. Social Security Death Index.
Finding Funeral Cards Online for your Genealogy. Background | Search With a long tradition both in the United States and Europe dating back to the 1800's, funeral cards (also sometimes called mass, mourning or remembrance cards) are an excellent source of information for genealogists. While not a traditional "vital record", they often provide great clues like death and birth dates, name of the cemetery where the deceased was interred, name of the funeral home, and sometimes even a photo of the ancestor.
In her article, Funeral Cards, Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens explained that, "funeral cards were to be distributed to family members, friends, and the surrounding community in a timely manner to alert invitees to the date and time of the funeral. Recipients of a funeral card were expected to attend the funeral or risk offending family members. Conversely, those who did not receive an invitation would have been insulted, whether it was intentional or an oversight. " Search the Funeral Cards Online collection Contributing Funeral Cards. Fold3 - Historical military records.