---------- > From: wcr <wcr@netunlimited.net> > To: CAUSBY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Obit of Martha Lou Cosby Miner > Date: Tuesday, November 04, 1997 9:48 AM > > Hal has written: > > >Wanda, please don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, just curious. A > >lot of the digests are composed of recent or not so recent obituaries... > >How does this help do genealogical research? Or are there other reasons? > > Again, not a complaint, just questioning......... > > I'm not offended at all by your question. I do post obits on my mailing > lists when I find them as I believe they do have genealogical significance > - especially when the obit is of an older person and it lists their > parents' names, etc. I have had a couple of people on my FARRIS list who > have found significant connections by contacting the family members listed > in the obits. I have had so many positive comments about the obit > postings, I continue to do them. > > If anyone out there is interested, I obtain these from the GEN-OBIT Mailing > List. This list is an index of the obituaries appearing in most of the > major newspapers across the country. Volunteers enter the obits in index > form and if you find an obit you are interested in, you contact the > volunteer contributor and they will e-mail you the full obit. > > > Wanda Rabb > researching RABB (NC/SC), (GANTT (NC), NIX, ROBERTSON, WILSON, CONNER, > JONES (Rutherford Co.NC), LAWS (Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), EDWARDS & > KELLEY (NC), CAUSBY & PATTON (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) PAXTON (Union Co, NC > > Lancaster, SC), FARRIS & MORRIS (York Co., SC) LOVELACE, HAMRICK, GREEN, > and MCSWAIN (Cleveland Co., NC) > Listmanager for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts > Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr > Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html > wanda what is the address of this GEN-OBIT mailing list and do they only cover America? Is there a list covering England that anyone knows about also? Thanks to the group for welcoming me to the list, I hope we can all help one another. > Lisa