: Ohio Obit link you may be interested in! > The Cleveland (Ohio) Necrology File, a collection of > paid death notices from Cleveland newspapers and > cemetery records, has been converted to digital format > and mounted on Cleveland Public Library's website > (http://www.cpl.org). > > It consisting of 800,000+ death notices and covering > the early 1800s through 1975, the Necrology File is > searchable not only by the name of the deceased but > also by keywords in the death notices. > > Users can search names of relatives, churches, > synagogues, funeral homes, place names, and other > relevant information in this online format. > > The original File was compiled over a period of years > in the Library and consisted of the death notices > clipped and pasted onto individual index cards. In the > 1970's, the File was microfilmed to preserve the > content of the death notices. > > The new digital format enables users to access this > important information either in the Library or on > personal computers. This resource will be of great > value to those doing research on family or Greater > Cleveland history.