At 10:38 AM 8/10/2006, you wrote: >Hello, > >When correcting a surname line on an obit, do you also type in the surname >of the >funeral director and the pastor who conducted the service? (if they are >mentioned). > Since they aren't members of the family, I thought they should be left >out, but after >thinking about it again, maybe someone is looking for that particular >surname and >didn't know their ancestor was a funeral director or pastor. > >I'd appreciate some advice please. >Thanks in Advance, >Marilyn Marilyn, I include them, as well as the pallbearers, if there's room. In the case of a long post with multiple items (one lookup volunteer posts a single message for everything found on that family), there may be many names, so I add all the family names to the Surnames box first, then go back and add the "extras" until I hit the space limit. A few years ago, a gentleman who had been a pallbearer at my grandfather's funeral contacted me after he saw my posting of the funeral memorial card. Bonus for me: he was a family friend as well as the local insurance agent in the community where I was and remembered both of my parents even though we moved away 36 years ago. Without the entry in the Surnames field, he probably would not have seen the posting and I would not have received his memories. Having lost both of my parents now, the memories he shared, particularly those of my mother before Multiple Sclerosis, are even more precious. Jackie -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.8 - Release Date: 8/9/2006

I do the same thing as Jackie, add family names first, then extras. If I'm lazy I add names in the order they appear - but it still gets family first because the majority of family names are in the obits Same with neighbors mentioned in Deeds. Same with witnesses & the registrar in Wills. Judy On 8/10/06, Jackie Wilson Goddard <jaws64@comlinkusa.net> wrote: > > > Marilyn, > > I include them, as well as the pallbearers, if there's room. In the > case of a long post with multiple items (one lookup volunteer posts a > single message for everything found on that family), there may be > many names, so I add all the family names to the Surnames box first, > then go back and add the "extras" until I hit the space limit.