Mindy and all, The FL T-U has obits online for 27 April 1997 to 30 Jun 2001 for free. After 30 Jun 2002, the searches are free and you can see a part of the obit; you then pay $1.95 to view all of the obit and it is left online for 24 hours. The Library charging $25.00 seemed an outrageous amount. I don't know who you talked with, so I called the Senior Librarian of the Jacksonville Public Library Genealogical Department and she stated that the Library does not charge and does not collect funds. Their policy is to provide the citation for the obituary (you can call them direct at 904-630-2409) and then the person requests the item via Interlibrary Loan (ILL) from their own library. When the ILL request is received at Jax, they make a copy of the obit and send it. The WPA started the compilation of indexing the newspaper for the years that the Library has a copy of the newspaper; that index was being kept up [I don't know about now; I will need to ck the next time I go to the Library]. Most of the years included birth, marriage, and death indexes. I hope this helps, Ann Staley, CG(SM) [CG, Certified Genealogist, is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations.] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Williams" <bwms@alltel.net> To: <flduval@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] obit look-ups > Wow! I had no idea they had records that far back on line. Good news > indeed. > > >> From: mindy taylor <mindy@brightok.net> >> Reply-To: <flduval@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:55:36 -0600 >> To: <flduval@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] obit look-ups >> >> thanks. >> mindy >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Smith, Becky" <bsmith@mail.clay.k12.fl.us> >> To: <flduval@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:35 AM >> Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] obit look-ups >> >> >>> Have you visited www.jacksonville.com? This is the website to the >>> Florida Times Union. You can review all obit's that have been placed in >>> the newspaper. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: flduval-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:flduval-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of mindy taylor >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:29 AM >>> To: FLDUVAL@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: [FLDUVAL] obit look-ups >>> >>> Hello, >>> I live in Oklahoma and am hoping to find someone who will do a couple of >>> obit look-ups for me. >>> I contacted the library and they were going to charge 25.00!!! >>> Hoyt McCluskey died 4-21-1986 in Jacksonville, FL >>> Ann McCluskey died 1-14-2000 in Jacksonville, FL >>> I would deeply appreciate it if someone could help me. >>> MHT >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Thank you for checking this out. I couldn't believe the price and told them so (all this via email) but there was no response in the way of correction or whatever. mindy ----- Original Message ----- From: "astaley" <astaley@comcast.net> To: <flduval@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] obit look-ups > Mindy and all, > > The FL T-U has obits online for 27 April 1997 to 30 Jun 2001 for free. > After > 30 Jun 2002, the searches are free and you can see a part of the obit; you > then pay $1.95 to view all of the obit and it is left online for 24 hours. > > The Library charging $25.00 seemed an outrageous amount. I don't know who > you talked with, so I called the Senior Librarian of the Jacksonville > Public > Library Genealogical Department and she stated that the Library does not > charge and does not collect funds. Their policy is to provide the citation > for the obituary (you can call them direct at 904-630-2409) and then the > person requests the item via Interlibrary Loan (ILL) from their own > library. > When the ILL request is received at Jax, they make a copy of the obit and > send it. > > The WPA started the compilation of indexing the newspaper for the years > that > the Library has a copy of the newspaper; that index was being kept up [I > don't know about now; I will need to ck the next time I go to the > Library]. > Most of the years included birth, marriage, and death indexes. > > I hope this helps, > > Ann Staley, CG(SM) > [CG, Certified Genealogist, is a service mark of > the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by > Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations.] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Williams" <bwms@alltel.net> > To: <flduval@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:11 AM > Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] obit look-ups > > >> Wow! I had no idea they had records that far back on line. Good news >> indeed. >> >> >>> From: mindy taylor <mindy@brightok.net> >>> Reply-To: <flduval@rootsweb.com> >>> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:55:36 -0600 >>> To: <flduval@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] obit look-ups >>> >>> thanks. >>> mindy >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Smith, Becky" <bsmith@mail.clay.k12.fl.us> >>> To: <flduval@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:35 AM >>> Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] obit look-ups >>> >>> >>>> Have you visited www.jacksonville.com? This is the website to the >>>> Florida Times Union. You can review all obit's that have been placed >>>> in >>>> the newspaper. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: flduval-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>> [mailto:flduval-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>>> On Behalf Of mindy taylor >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:29 AM >>>> To: FLDUVAL@rootsweb.com >>>> Subject: [FLDUVAL] obit look-ups >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> I live in Oklahoma and am hoping to find someone who will do a couple >>>> of >>>> obit look-ups for me. >>>> I contacted the library and they were going to charge 25.00!!! >>>> Hoyt McCluskey died 4-21-1986 in Jacksonville, FL >>>> Ann McCluskey died 1-14-2000 in Jacksonville, FL >>>> I would deeply appreciate it if someone could help me. >>>> MHT >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in >>> the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >