DEATH INDEXES: State Archives,
Departments of Health, etc.
See what’s
available on deathindexes.com
Look at time
frames covered in the indexes
Look at the
locations covered in the indexes
Judge how easy
the index is to use
·
How fast can you
find the search features?
·
How much time do
you have left to search on your soldier’s family?
·
Use CTRL F to
search and find instead of scanning and scrolling through a lot of information
Judge how
valuable the information will be compared to what you have already from the mil
info and what you’ve found on Ancestry and Family Search.
·
Will it improve
the quality code?
On indexes that
only give a name, death date and place with no other identifying information…
·
Use cautiously
·
Use when you have
narrowed down the likely death location (county)
·
Use when you have
narrowed the death down to a relatively short time span (between censuses)
·
Best for uncommon
names
·
Double check for
others of the same name (of all ages) in the census year preceding the death
Check the URLs
before saving to the tree and VCC death screen
·
When the URL
doesn’t link to the individual records, copy and paste the URL from the search
page and enter the search parameters in the ‘Other Information’ field on the tree
and in the ‘Remarks’ field on the VCC death screen
Maryland State Archives:
State-wide
coverage from 1898 – 1944
Choose
appropriate time frame and first letter of surname
Index cards are
arranged alphabetically by last name then by first name.
Since they take a
little longer to search, make sure it will be worth your time by following the
guidelines for using indexes that only give name, dath date and death place.
Do not use them
when…
·
When they moved
around a lot
·
When the name was
very common
·
When there was
more than 1 person with the same name in the county, especially in the census
year previous to the death.
·
When you already
have a death date and place from the mil info or another source like Find A
Grave.
Janice and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone in the office. We are so happy to know your faces and personalities to go with your names now! You are all very kind, bright and competent. Thank you for hosting us. We enjoyed the other presentations and learned from many of you as well. The only thing that would have made it better is if we had the rest of our remote inputters there too! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for introducing us to deathindexes.com. It is so nice to have all of the collection links in one place. I know it will definitely speed up my research!
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