Funeral Homes and Family History: They're Dying to Meet You!
Dan Earl
Content
Introduction
1:28
Biological Reality
3:46
Funeral Homes in History
12:18
Relevant Records
9:20
Funeral Cards
3:10
Finding Records
16:56
Working with Funeral Directors
6:36
Summary
1:36
About this webinar
Most genealogists know to look in a cemetery to find their ancestors, but what about the funeral home? Funeral home records can provide loads of genealogically rich information. This presentation will teach participants what types of records are typically found in funeral homes, how to locate these resources online and "in the field", as well as provide real life examples of how to search for ancillary clues in funeral home records.
About the speaker
Daniel Earl live in Michigan. He holds a BA in Anthropology and an MS in Psychology. Dan is an educator, college administrator, and writer. He is the the vice-president of the Michigan Genealogical Co...
Learn more...Related webinars
01:20:36
01:01:51
01:41:59
01:41:59
00:53:57
01:22:55
01:55:31
Comments (1)
This was a great webinar! I finally got to it because I'm needing death information for a particularly hard to find ancestor. Dan made me laugh several times, and he also gave a lot of good information. Maybe I'll find that death information.