Obituaries printed in Alsatian newspapers can be found in Strasbourg at the National Universitary Library (''Bibliothèque Nationale Universitaire de Strasbourg'') which keeps in his archives the newspaper published in Alsace-Lorraine, like: - Strassburger Neueste Nachrichten (now ''Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace'') since 1877 - Strassburger allerneueste Nachrichten - Strassburger neueste Nachrichten - Strassburger Volkszeitung - Strassburger Zeitung - Strassburger Bote and some other newspapers Ewald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giliane Bader-Wechseler" <gbw1@comcast.net> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [A-L] Obituaries > Even if there were obituaries published in Alsace-Lorraine newspapers, I > think they may not have been archived. We may want to ask some of the > newspapers there if this has been done... > > > - Giliane > > -----Original Message----- > From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > mvicareo@aol.com > Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 1:18 PM > To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [A-L] Obituaries > > > I have received obituaries of my great great grandmother and her husband > from the German archives when researching my German ancestry. They were > from > the late 1800's. I would imagine there must have been newspapers in > Alsace-Lorraine as well. > Maria > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Valorie Zimmerman <valoriez@zimres.net> > To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 5:54 am > Subject: Re: [A-L] Obituaries > On Monday 14 January 2008 11:06:59 am ebarbarajo@verizon.net wrote: >> This may be a lame question, but one that I must ask. >> >> Are / were obituaries printed in the newspapers and are they available >> anywhere? >> >> I know they are a tremendous resource, and am hoping that I can find some >> from the 1800's to the present. >> >> Brab > > Hi, Barb, I never saw an answer to your question. You may be asking about > obituaries printed in Alsatian newspapers, and about that I have no info. > Some biographical information is being collected and presented by various > genealogical societies, but whether they are finding, indexing and > publishing > obits in particular, I do not know. > > But obits are an untapped source for many of our immigrants and their > children. They often subscribed to German language newspapers, and church > magazines which would have printed obits, which would be much more > complete, > > accurate and detailed than those printed in the English language > newspapers > of the time. It is worthwhile to do some research and find out what > newspapers might have been read by your ancestors -- likely places for > their > > descendants to have places obits and memorials. The local genealogical and > historical societies in the localities where your ancestors lived will > know > this information. > > For more background on this subject, see: > > http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/newspapers.html -- this one needs > some > > more updated info -- anyone have anything to add to this? > > http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/death-records-obituaries-biographies.h > tml > > As always, please report any bad / updated links you find. And I'm always > looking for more helpful links. They are supplied by you, the researchers. > > Valorie > --