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A man instrumental in the restoration of Hoyle Homestead died Saturday at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. Mitchell Dan Hoyle, 67, of Forest City, died after a vehicle wreck in Conover. Conover Police told the Hickory Daily Record that Continue reading Historic Preservationist Mitchell Dan Hoyle Dies After Car Wreck
ESCANABA [Michigan]- Glenda L. Wood, 60, of 1125 Stephenson Ave., Escanaba, died June 16, 2009, at St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba. She was born Oct. 29, 1948, in Manistique, the daughter of Floyd and E. Garnett (Shippy) Brock and was Continue reading Glenda Wood of Escanaba, Michigan, Passes at 60
Marvin Lee Harper, noted Northport historian and Tuscaloosa County [Alabama] preservationist, died Friday morning at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa. He was 89… During those years in the antique-filled house, he amassed more than a lifetime’s worth of honors, Continue reading Marvin Lee Harper, Northport Historian & Tuscaloosa County Preservationist, dies at 89
Tom Kemp is reporting the passing of genealogist Linda Fay Kaufman, on his GenealogyBank blog. “She put her family history research online and actively corresponded with genealogists across the country. A search of the genealogy lists shows her posts as Continue reading Genealogist Linda Fay Kaufman Passes On – 1940-2009
The Milan Public Library, in Washtenaw County, Michigan, has been saving obituary clippings from The Milan News-Leader and other local publications for many years. Library patrons Carl and Lillian Brown organized, bound and published some 3,500 obituaries dating back to Continue reading Obituary Collection Compiled at the Milan, Michigan, Public Library
Jeannine Leslee Parker Burkitt, 61, of Madison Avenue, Piketon, Ohio was born September 11, 1947, in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was the daughter of Robert Leslie Parker, who survives, and Virginia Lucille Bethel Parker. She departed this life April 11, 2009 Continue reading Jeannine Leslee Parker Burkitt, 61, Passes On
I read the obits every morning, typically scanning them to make sure no friends in the area have passed on in the last day or two. It’s usually a pretty uneventful undertaking. However, it seems that Mary Mayou, of East Continue reading Brother – Missing for 50 years – Found in the Obituaries
RALEIGH, N.C. – Dr. John Hope Franklin, who chronicled the South and gave definition to the African-American experience, died Wednesday of congestive heart failure. He was 94. Franklin was considered one of the most influential historians of the 20th century. Continue reading Black Historian, Dr. John Hope Franklin, Dead at 94
The Wells County Public Library in Bluffton, Indiana has two online resources that genealogists need to be aware of. First, they have an online Bluffton Obituary Index that runs from 1866 through the year 2000. Secondly, the Cemetery Index for Continue reading Wells County, Indiana Online Obituary & Cemetery Indexes
Having a lot of family from Southwest Michigan, I’ve been very pleased by the progress being made on an index to obituaries from the counties of Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren. Over 89,000 obits are indexed. The obits Continue reading The SW Michigan Obituary Index with Over 89,000 Obits Indexed
It was reported this morning in the MoSGA Messenger blog that the Keith Zimmer, working at the St. Louis Public Library, has indexed the obituaries, death notices, and burial permits noted in the Post-Dispatch for following years: 1880-1930 1942-1945 1960-1963 Continue reading St. Louis Post Dispatch Obituaries Index
The following excerpt is from an extensive article about a memorial service held for the late Napa Valley historian, Kathy Kernberger. At a Sunday memorial in the Fireside Room at St. Helena’s Seventh-day Adventist Church, Kathleen (Kathy) Kernberger, who succumbed Continue reading Memorial Held for Napa Valley Historian, Kathy Kernberger
Alvin B. Aberdeen Duncan, a decorated Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) veteran of the Second World War and a man whose roots extended to the Underground Railroad in Oakville, died Thursday at age 95. … Alvin died just short of Continue reading Black Historian, Alvin B. Aberdeen Duncan, Dies at 95
Felicia Blue, 94, an expert in African American genealogy in Philadelphia, died of congestive heart failure Jan. 22 at Stapeley in Germantown, a continuing-care retirement community. … In a 1999 Inquirer interview, Miss Blue recalled playing in the rowhouse at Continue reading Felicia Blue Passes at 94
Margery Freas, 84, died at a Florida hospital Monday from injuries she suffered in a crash on Friday. She helped the York County Heritage Trust launch an oral history program in the early 1990s. Freas offered the trust numerous historical Continue reading York County, Pennsylvania, Historian – Margery Freas, Dies From Injuries Sustained in an Auto Crash