saraheartburn wrote: > On Aug 29, 11:42 am, Ray K <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm putting together a highschool reunion for graduates in 1956. There >> are 38 gals who I can't locate because I don't know their marriage >> names. Can anyone suggest a website where I could find this info? >> >> All I can supply are first and last names, year of birth (1938 or 1937), >> and residence at graduation time: Jersey City, NJ, Hudson County. >> >> I'm not looking for hard copies of anything or any details other than >> marriage names. I don't need a paysite that offers one year of unlimited >> searching at 39 or so dollars. In one day I can search all names easily. >> So a site that offers unlimited searching of a comprehensive marriage >> database for a day at $5-$10 would be ideal. >> >> I know about classmates.com and facebook.com. >> >> Thanks for your recommendations. >> >> Ray > > I've actually had some luck finding elusive married names by running > google searches on just the last name, the town, and a key word like > "death" or "obituary." Once in a blue moon you'll get very lucky and > run across an obit on one of the woman's parents which may list her > married name (and often her location) in among the survivors. Only > really worth doing if the name is unusual. While I've tried these things, you gave me an idea I haven't tried: google on the last name and "marriage." Maybe I can come across the marriage notice in a local newspaper. Long shot, since most of the marriages probably occurred between 1956 (graduation year) and the next 10 years, and what newspaper would bother to put old stuff like that on the web? > Assume you've also looked for them on the Social Security Death Index > - that may hone down your list a bit. I'm very good friends with ssdi.rootsweb.com Thanks for the suggestions. Ray

On Sep 5, 6:01 am, Ray K <[email protected]> wrote: > saraheartburn wrote: > > On Aug 29, 11:42 am, Ray K <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm putting together a highschool reunion for graduates in 1956. There > >> are 38 gals who I can't locate because I don't know their marriage > >> names. Can anyone suggest a website where I could find this info? > > >> All I can supply are first and last names, year of birth (1938 or 1937), > >> and residence at graduation time: Jersey City, NJ, Hudson County. > > >> I'm not looking for hard copies of anything or any details other than > >> marriage names. I don't need a paysite that offers one year of unlimited > >> searching at 39 or so dollars. In one day I can search all names easily. > >> So a site that offers unlimited searching of a comprehensive marriage > >> database for a day at $5-$10 would be ideal. > > >> I know about classmates.com and facebook.com. > > >> Thanks for your recommendations. > > >> Ray > > > I've actually had some luck finding elusive married names by running > > google searches on just the last name, the town, and a key word like > > "death" or "obituary." Once in a blue moon you'll get very lucky and > > run across an obit on one of the woman's parents which may list her > > married name (and often her location) in among the survivors.  Only > > really worth doing if the name is unusual. > > While I've tried these things, you gave me an idea I haven't tried: > google on the last name and "marriage." Maybe I can come across the > marriage notice in a local newspaper. Long shot, since most of the > marriages probably occurred between 1956 (graduation year) and the next > 10 years, and what newspaper would bother to put old stuff like that on > the web? > > > Assume you've also looked for them on the Social Security Death Index > > - that may hone down your list a bit. > > I'm very good friends with ssdi.rootsweb.com > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > Ray Ray, It's not just the newspaper sites themselves that may have marriage or obituary info - you're quite right in thinking they're usually limited to current info. Have tracked down several people using marriage or obituary info people post on their genealogy web pages. Local historical societies, corporate press releases, club newsletters, unions and professional societies...all kinds of odd sources print announcements...you just have to have luck on your side. Found a long lost relative for a friend recently after Google came up with a 10 year old press release announcing a retirement. As a matter of course, I also run searches on Google Books...amazing what they have available on line. Ran a search there on a relative and found a scanned copy of a published RR Employees newsletter that opened all kinds of research doors for me. Worth a try. Good luck in your search, NT