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 The collection consists of and index to obituaries published on Currentobituary.com. Obituaries are from all over the United States. The collection covers the years 2001 to 2014.
-== What Can This Collection Tell Me? ==
+== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
 '''The records''' may contain any of the following:
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 *Name of newspaper, date and place of publication
 *Other details such as military service
+==Collection Content==
+Sample of indexed information:
+{| style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"
+|-
+|style=" vertical-align:top; width:20%;"|
+{| border="1" class="wikitable sortable"
+|-
+! align="center" style="background: rgb(240,240,240)" scope="col" | '''John Smith
+! align="center" style="background: rgb(240,240,240)" scope="col" | '''Currentobituary.com index
+|-
+|Deceased
+|John Smith
+|-
+|Event Type
+|Obituary
+|-
+|Gender
+|Male
+|-
+|Age
+|86
+|-
+|Birth Date
+|03 Sep 1926
+|-
+|Birthplace
+|Jordan Springs, Tennessee
+|-
+|Death Date
+|20 Feb 2013
+|-
+|Death Place
+|Tennessee, United States
+|-
+|Spouse and Children
+|Dorothy Blackwell Smith	Wife	Female
+|-
+|
+|Anne Weems	Daughter	Female
+|-
+|Parents and Siblings
+|John Herman Smith	Father	Male
+|-
+|
+|Ruth Shelby Smith	Mother	Female
+|-
+|Extended Family
+|Sam Weems	Son-in-Law	Male
+|-
+|
+|Sara Denson	Grandchild	Female
+|-
+|Others on Record
+|Dr Roger Freeman	Non Relative	Male
+|-
+|}
 == How Do I Search the Collection? ==
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 == What Do I Do Next?  ==
-When you have located your ancestor’s obituary, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors.
 === I Found Who I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
+*Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information
 *Use information from the obituary to locate church records
 *Use information to find the family in census records
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 *Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names
 *Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name
-{{Tip|Don't overlook items in the [https://familysearch.org/catalog/search FamilySearch Library Catalog.] This can help you locate additional records to search for information on your family.}}
 == Citing This Collection ==
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 ;Collection Citation:
-“Currentobituary.com Index, 2001-2014. ” Database . ''FamilySearch''. <nowiki>http://FamilySearch.org</nowiki> : accessed 2017. From multiple collections. Index. Currentobituary.com. http://www.currentobituary.com.
+“Currentobituary.com Index, 2001-2014. ” Database . ''FamilySearch''. <nowiki>http://FamilySearch.org</nowiki> : 20 December 2016. From multiple collections. Index. Currentobituary.com. http://www.currentobituary.com.
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