Ink on Their Fingers: Newspapers..."Pay it Forward"

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Older newspaper are great genealogy tools but current ones are paring down their obituaries and we need to keep on them for the future generations use. I recently "got on" the three main newspapers in my area because they weren't printing maiden names of parents of the deceased and birthplaces. I explained the importance of their product for future use and produced older obits from thirty and forty years ago to demonstrate. They all are now printing where the deceased was born and the full names of the deceased parents. This information combined with the survivors will aid future genealogist in their searches to complete and confirm their heritage. We need to be vigilant with todays genealogy tools for tomorrow's use.

-- posted by BobOhio