More Obits, This Time From Cleveland Public Library

The Cleveland Public Library reminded me not to forget their necrology file, for you genealogists doing research on family in Ohio. To access the file go to http://www.cpl.org/ and click on "The Necrology File" toward the bottom of the page (sorry, the direct URL is really really ugly). The file covers the following death notices: The Cleveland Plain Dealer - 1850-1975, The Cleveland Herald - 1833, 1847-1848, 1876, 1878-1879, and The Cleveland Press - 1941-1975. (Resource information post-1975 is available elsewhere and linked from the File page.)

You may not search this database by date, but you may search it by name. An interesting twist is that you may also search it by keyword. Search results include ID# for the notice, name, date, source, and "notes", which appears to be the text of the notice. You may save records of interest and then e-mail them to yourself or somebody else. A nice setup; I appreciate the inclusion of the notice text.

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