This has been an important source of info for me - along with Obits in the paper. I have collected many of them. They are very interesting , however - beware : garbage in garbage out - I have found many mistakes in these pamphlets. It just depends on who gives the info and how accurately it is transcribed. My point is its not an official document. I have two that didn't even get the date of death right. One listed an Uncle as a brother. Both were from the large funeral home in Jonesboro. Garry ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:14 PM Subject: [TNWASHIN] Memorial phamplets at Funeral Homes > Something has just been brought to my attention when I was looking through my > scrapbook of family information. I realized that the memorial phamplets that > you get when you go to a funeral of someone who has died gives a ton of > information at times. I also noticed that you hardly ever run across any > copies of these at any genealogical societies. > > So, I called one of the funeral homes that has handled some of my relatives > in the past. They informed me that they don't give those phamplets to the > libraries or genealogy places. They never thought about how important it was > to keep this information for research purposes. > > So, I am going to call my local genealogical society and see if we can't > start saving these important documents for research. I have found some of > these phamplets had more names and more accurate information on them than > obits did at times. > > It might be a good idea for everyone to contact their libraries or > genealogical socities nearby and pass on this new information. > > Thanks for listening, > Queet >