What about the Family History Center? Jo Louisiana P.S. We had a quarter inch of snow New Year's Eve, which was a quarter inch more than I like <vbg>. > Subject: > RE: Where to get obits from newspaper archives? > Date: > Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:43:29 -0500 > From: > "Beth Ann Manners" <bamanners@mindspring.com> > To: > CAN-NB-STJOHN-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Dear Liz : > Thanks for the information. > This leads to me 2nd question: Despite the fact that my family > lived in the > city of St. John for nearly 50 years and my gr-gr grandmother alone gave > birth to 11 children there, I have found NONE of my family members listed > anywhere in the PANB records ON-LINE for births or deaths. > In light of that, what am I likely to get from them with regard to > birth, > death, marriage or burial information? Stupid Question: Do they have > additional records that aren't listed on-line? > Thanks. I appreciate the reply. > Beth Manners > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy or Liz Brown [mailto:rbrown@perth.net] > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 9:15 PM > To: bamanners@mindspring.com > Subject: Re: Where to get obits from newspaper archives? > > > Hi Beth > > I've had microfilm of Saint John newspapers on interlibrary loan from the > Provincial Archives of New Brunswick--check with your library to see if you > can get them in the U.S. I know my library here can't get interlibrary > loan > from the U.S. I'd have to say the detail contained in the obits was > minimal, however. Have you checked into burial permits for the City of > Saint John? They are available from the PANB ($5/copy) and are quite > detailed at times. You can get details on-line at their website. > > Good luck, > Liz Brown in Stratford, Ontario > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beth Ann Manners" <bamanners@mindspring.com> > To: <CAN-NB-STJOHN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:08 AM > Subject: Where to get obits from newspaper archives? > > > > > > My great great grandparents lived in the city of St. John from roughly > > 1836-1883. My gg grandfather died in Nov. 1875. I ordered the files on > all > > my St. John families from Daniel Johnson and was very pleased with what I > > received. > > > > I now have the names of the newspapers and the publication dates in which > > the obituaries for my gg grandfather appeared. > > > > Can someone suggest how I might get copies of the actual obituaries as > they > > appeared in the newspapers? I assume they are on microfilm but I am in > the > > US and uncertain as to whether I can get them here or not. Anyone happen > to > > know if you can get them on interlibrary loan?? > > > > Thanks > > Beth Manners > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >