A reminder from a while back. The “problem” with using certain websites, search engines, etc. is that one can locate images or content and not be certain what they are seeing. A good way to solve that problem… ask someone for help. Not really knowing what you are looking at is a good way to not understand it. The illustration used in this post is an index card to naturalizations created by the US government to help people find their naturalization record when they had lost it and weren’t really certain where they were naturalized (among other reasons). It’s not the naturalization record and is not the same thing as the naturalization record. Ask fellow genealogists if you stumble on something and do not know what it is. […]
Is it possible that your relative had an obituary in a church newspaper or periodical? These materials can be difficult to find and likely were not published near your ancestor lived or housed near where they lived. Searches for such items should begin with national or regional archives devoted to the denomination of which your ancestor was a member and continue with the state organization (state library, historical society, state archives, etc.) responsible for gathering newspapers published within the state in which the ancestor lived.
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