[Genealib] Obituary Index software

[Karen Miller]

We use the software designed by the Halinet consortium in Ontario, Canada.   The software allows you to display the index online, or off-line if you prefer. You can limit your entries to just obituaries, marriages, birth announcements etc., or use it to index an entire newspaper. Their approach combines digitization, full text searching, and indexing in an ingenious way. The link to the general Halinet page is http://www.halinet.on.ca/   It can index images and historical archives in addition to newspapers. Halinet consortium has been very generous with their software and support.

You can see our Wilmette Newspaper Index at http://news.wilmette.lib.il.us/

Karen Miller
Wilmette Public Library



--- On Tue, 7/22/08, Dana Barber <barberd at grundylibrary.org> wrote:

> From: Dana Barber <barberd at grundylibrary.org>
> Subject: [Genealib] Obituary Index software
> To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 10:24 AM
> I am looking to find out what software people are using for
> their obituary indexes. We have a growing index that
> we'd like to eventually make available online.
> 
> I've heard that Past Perfect would be useful for this
> purpose? Is anyone using it for obits? Any other
> suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Dana Barber
> Adult Services Supervisor
> Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library
> 680 Radcliffe Street
> Bristol, PA 19007
> 215-788-7891 ext. 14
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