Grandma's Obituary Box: The Use of Obituaries in Genealogical Research and Their Role in American Culture
Pam Stone Eagleson, CG
Content
Welcome
1m 36s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 17s
Introduction
3m 0s
Where to Find
4m 40s
Pitfalls
9m 19s
After the Revolution
22m 39s
Post 1920
18m 57s
Announcements / prizes
8m 48s
Questions / answers
8m 37s
About this webinar
Obituaries are a genealogical resource that help document our ancestors and bring them to life. This lecture examines the clues and types of information found in obituaries as well as where and how to locate them. A discussion of obituaries through the past three centuries will show what values were important to our ancestors and how those values have or have not changed through the years.
\nAbout the speaker
Pam Stone Eagleson, CG, is a researcher, writer, and educator. She is a graduate of Northwestern University with a B.A. degree in history and sociology, University of Southern Maine with a M. Ed., and...
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Comments (2)
I thought the presentation was too long, with too many examples. Good material and enjoyable, but could be trimmed a bit.\n\nI want to go back to the beginning. What I heard was great. \n\nInteresting facts and excellent sources.\n\nInteresting stories and good ideas of how to use obituaries. Thanks!\n\ninteresting to see how obituaries have changed through the years. Presenter showed lots of examples.\n\nInteresting topic \n\nInteresting, but not helpful for my research\n\nIt was about the styles of obituaries rather than the genealogical information one can get from obituaries and leads to find obituaries.\n\nIt was pretty good.\n\nlots of good historical information that puts the style of obituaries in context and provides explanation of why they were written the way they were. Lots of follow-on links, Also the presenter, Pam Stone Eagleson, was truly a great presenter given the technical difficulties - Thanks for hanging in there!\n\nLots of good information\n.\nLots of great examples\n\nLots of information.\n\nLoved it. Such great information.\n\nMostly things I already knew. Examples were good.\n\npresenter very knowledgeable. moderator very professional and knowledgeable. thank you.\n\nSome great research points. Interesting examples of obits through the ages but way too many.\n\nThank you\n\nThank you for this interesting topic.\n\nThe info was interesting\n\nThe lecturer certainly knew her topic! She provided excellent examples that were spell-binding! Love this stuff!\n\nThouroghly enjoyed the webinar. Interesting changes thru the ages. Tips appreciated - writing own now & filing for future use, etc. Will be looking for couple of books mentioned, including fiction! Never would have thought of that.\n\nVery enlightening!\n\nVery informative, despite the technical issues. \n\nVery informative. Thank you.\n\nvery interesing\n\nVery interesting and enjoyable webinar. Thank you!\n\nVery interesting and informative. Thank you. : )\n\nVery interesting to see the ways obituaries have changed over the years.\n\nVery well presented. I use obituaries all the time through Newspapers.com\n\nWonderful webinar on obituaries.\n\nWould have enjoyed more ideas of where to find obituaries, but it was still great \n\nWould like to have had more discussion about obits as primary vs secondary source and copyright issues.
...although this was geared towards American obits there was still a lot of helpful information to follow up here in NZ.\n\nA vast amount of information was given over the allotted time. Well presented, well done. Thank you!\n\nAn interesting topic & presentation. Thank you.\n\nBesides the knowledge she imparted, I was impressed by her courage under pressure when there were technical problems. I'm a speaker myself and I would have had a hard time handling it.\n\nBravo! \n\ncontent of this webinar was very interesting. I had never looked at the subject of trends and how obituaries reflected the events of the time. Fascinating...\n\nContent very good. \n\nCool info\n\nWell researched\n\nEven with the tech troubles, it was still a good webinar.\n\nExcellent thorough presentation!\n\nExcellent!!!\n\nExcept for the audio issues, it was a very good webinar. Interesting slides.\n\nFound information interesting. Learned more about obituaries; how and why the are written.\n\nGood content\n\nGood information\n\nGood information\n\nGood information \n\ngreat\n\nGreat insight into obits throughout history.\n\nGreat recoveries by speaker and moderator when there were audio problems. Great job!\n\nGreat topic! I too love obituaries and will continue to search for them as part of my genealogical research efforts for myself and my client.\n\nGreat webinar, just a little long on examples.\n\nGreat!!