I’ve gotten 3 RAOGK requests so far and all of them have been for Obituaries, totaling 5 ancestors. On the one hand, reading 1880 newspapers can be entertaining, it’s kind of a needle-in-the-haystack scenario. Except you don’t know if you are looking in the right haystack. Oh, and you aren’t even sure that there is actually a needle waiting to stick you.
I’ve got terrible luck finding my own ancestor’s obits. My modest family tree (about 130 people) has a whopping 2 obits. Then again, I don’t live near where any of these people died, so it’s not easy to scour the local paper. Maybe it’s time to start asking other people to waste time in their public libraries.
Anyway, I found 3 of the 5 obits. One was for a 20 year old, semi blind kid, who had just graduated high school two years before. Cause of death is unknown, pending an autopsy. He’ll be cremated and there will be no public ceremony. The family would appreciate donations to the St. Vrain School District, to help them buy computer equipment for the visually impaired.
Obits are kinda depressing.