[Genealib] Obituaries - Digital Copies of all US Navy Obits for 1883

[Tom Kemp]

  Genealogists are always looking for new sources. Tracking down information
about our ancestors is what we do best. Obituaries are a terrific source of
information but genealogists sometimes overlook the hundreds of thousands of
obituaries that are not published in newspapers.

For example the Department of the Navy annually report to the U.S. Congress
includes a lengthy list of obituaries of naval personnel who passed away in
the previous year. These detailed obituaries give the genealogical details
of the person's birth date, birth place and death date & place as well as
the details of their military career.

These reports by the Department of the Navy along with the thousands of
other documents prepared for government use are consolidated in what is
called the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.

You can see a digital copy of the original pages of the 1883 US Navy
Report at: www.GenealogyBank.com/free <http://www.genealogybank.com/free>

For more information see:
http://genlibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/07/obituaries-they-arent-just-in.html


Tom
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