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== '''Step 4: Try to find additional details about ancestors in obituaries, cemetery records, and Social Security records online.''' == | == '''Step 4: Try to find additional details about ancestors in obituaries, cemetery records, and Social Security records online.''' == | ||
There are additional record collections available, based upon a person's death: obituaries, cemetery records, and Social Security records. These are a great source for more details about a person. Here are some examples; notice the level of details. | |||
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<center>'''Example of a FindAGrave Record.'''</center> | |||
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<center>'''Example of a Social Security Record.</center>''' | |||
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=== '''Obituaries''' === | === '''Obituaries''' === | ||
*{{RecordSearch|2302011|Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005}} — index | *{{RecordSearch|2302011|Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005}} — index | ||
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/utah/index.html Online Utah Death Records & Indexes] | *[http://www.deathindexes.com/utah/index.html Online Utah Death Records & Indexes] | ||
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=== '''Cemeteries''' === | === '''Cemeteries''' === | ||
*[http://www.findagrave.com/ FindAGrave] | *[http://www.findagrave.com/ FindAGrave] | ||
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/utah/index.html Online Utah Death Records & Indexes] | *[http://www.deathindexes.com/utah/index.html Online Utah Death Records & Indexes] | ||
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For more information, see '''[[Utah Obituaries]]''' and '''[[Utah Cemeteries]]'''. | For more information, see '''[[Utah Obituaries]]''' and '''[[Utah Cemeteries]]'''. | ||
== '''Step 5: Search military records: World War I and World War II draft cards.''' == | == '''Step 5: Search military records: World War I and World War II draft cards.''' == | ||
There are many different types of military records: draft records, enlistment records, service records, pension records, etc. Information in military records can vary from a simple lists of name, age, and residence, to more detailed records including name, residence, age, occupation, marital status, birthplace, physical description, number of dependents, pensions received, disabled veterans, needy veterans, widows or orphans of veterans, and other information. | There are many different types of military records: draft records, enlistment records, service records, pension records, etc. Information in military records can vary from a simple lists of name, age, and residence, to more detailed records including name, residence, age, occupation, marital status, birthplace, physical description, number of dependents, pensions received, disabled veterans, needy veterans, widows or orphans of veterans, and other information. | ||