>From www.jsonline.com's paid obituary page: About Death Notices: Death notices are paid classified listings and only those notices contracted specifically for online placement appear online. I believe that up until a few days ago, every obituary that was printed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was also automatically published online. This made their online obituary archive a valuable genealogical tool and an enormous time-saver: If you didn't find it online, they didn't print it (since January, 1999). With this new policy, we're back to where we were a few years ago: You can search for it online, but if you don't find anything you have to search microfilm. Does anyone have any more information on why this policy was changed? Are they charging extra if you want to have the obituary published online? Cheryl __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

Excuse the following comment: "Soon they will have us paying for our obituaries BEFORE we pass on!" It follows suit with Milwaukee's wonderful idea of not computer generating and or documenting, death information. Ever see those HUMONGOUS books <yes I did say BOOKS>, they have their info in? I often find myself thinking those are the types of books that will be waiting at the pearly gates. There'll I will stand, waiting in line to enter paradise....and in the faint background hearing the sweet sound of an Angel "Next please"..... ~Cherie At 08:27 AM 4/8/02 -0700, you wrote: > >From www.jsonline.com's paid obituary page: > >About Death Notices: Death notices are paid classified >listings and only those notices contracted >specifically for online placement appear online. > >I believe that up until a few days ago, every obituary >that was printed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was >also automatically published online. This made their >online obituary archive a valuable genealogical tool >and an enormous time-saver: If you didn't find it >online, they didn't print it (since January, 1999). >With this new policy, we're back to where we were a >few years ago: You can search for it online, but if >you don't find anything you have to search microfilm. > >Does anyone have any more information on why this >policy was changed? Are they charging extra if you >want to have the obituary published online? > >Cheryl > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > >==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Newspapers have been charging for years to have the obits/death notices published. It wouldn't surprise me with the popularity of the internet, and people now reading information online rather than picking up a newspaper, that the newspapers are starting to charge to have the item published online. Newspapers are losing money and they have found yet another way to charge for something. Newspaper publishing is not like it was in the old days. It used to be an obit was published out of respect for the dead. their family or the community. Now Newspapers could care less who died unless the headlines will get them a better market share. If it is a story that had controversy involved, you will find it. If not, it is luck of the draw and whether it was a slow news day. JMHO Ellen- www.linkstothepast.com/milwaukee *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/8/02 at 8:27 AM Cheryl Barnett wrote: >>From www.jsonline.com's paid obituary page: > >About Death Notices: Death notices are paid classified >listings and only those notices contracted >specifically for online placement appear online. > >I believe that up until a few days ago, every obituary >that was printed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was >also automatically published online. This made their >online obituary archive a valuable genealogical tool >and an enormous time-saver: If you didn't find it >online, they didn't print it (since January, 1999). >With this new policy, we're back to where we were a >few years ago: You can search for it online, but if >you don't find anything you have to search microfilm. > >Does anyone have any more information on why this >policy was changed? Are they charging extra if you >want to have the obituary published online? > >Cheryl > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > >==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I live in Eugene, OR and the Eugene Register Guard didn't charge me to put my brothers obit in. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen (Genealogy)" <waukesha@linkstothepast.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 4:20 AM Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] jsonline.com changes obituary policy > Newspapers have been charging for years to have the obits/death notices published. > > It wouldn't surprise me with the popularity of the internet, and people now reading information online rather than picking up a newspaper, that the newspapers are starting to charge to have the item published online. > > Newspapers are losing money and they have found yet another way to charge for something. > > Newspaper publishing is not like it was in the old days. > It used to be an obit was published out of respect for the dead. their family or the community. > > Now Newspapers could care less who died unless the headlines will get them a better market share. > If it is a story that had controversy involved, you will find it. If not, it is luck of the draw and whether it was a slow news day. > > JMHO > > Ellen- > www.linkstothepast.com/milwaukee > > > > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 4/8/02 at 8:27 AM Cheryl Barnett wrote: > > >>From www.jsonline.com's paid obituary page: > > > >About Death Notices: Death notices are paid classified > >listings and only those notices contracted > >specifically for online placement appear online. > > > >I believe that up until a few days ago, every obituary > >that was printed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was > >also automatically published online. This made their > >online obituary archive a valuable genealogical tool > >and an enormous time-saver: If you didn't find it > >online, they didn't print it (since January, 1999). > >With this new policy, we're back to where we were a > >few years ago: You can search for it online, but if > >you don't find anything you have to search microfilm. > > > >Does anyone have any more information on why this > >policy was changed? Are they charging extra if you > >want to have the obituary published online? > > > >Cheryl > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > > > >==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > >For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >