Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Finding Obituaries in the Florida Newspaper Database



The library's Florida Newspaper Database is a good source for local obituaries for the years 1999 – present day:
1.        Hover over Research Help on the library's home page
2.      Click on E-Resources for Adults
 3. Scroll down to  Florida Newspaper Database
 (If outside the library, enter your library card # (the barcode on the back of your card) as a password.
4. Click on Publication Search.
5. Enter the name of the newspaper and click on search (click on Search All Publications if you don't know the name of the newspaper you need).
6. Click on the name of the newspaper in the search results (If you are searching for a very common name and need to narrow your search, and you know the date of death,   you can click on a date at this point and then search within the results).
7. Enter the name of the deceased in the Search box at the top.
8. If there is an obituary for the person, you will see Obituaries in the results. Click on it
9. Once you have located the obituary, see the Tools menu on the right to email, print, download, etc.

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