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'''[[United States Genealogy|United States]]'''
'''[[United States Genealogy|United States]]'''
{{United States HR Infobox  
{{United States HR Infobox  
|CID=CID2367299  
|CID = CID2367299
|title=United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012
|title = United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012
|location=United States
|location = United States
| record_type = Obituaries
| record_type = Obituaries
| start_year = 1899
| start_year = 1899
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| FS_URL_09 = [[United States Cemeteries]]
| FS_URL_09 = [[United States Cemeteries]]
| FS_URL_10 = [[United States Newspapers]]
| FS_URL_10 = [[United States Newspapers]]
| RW_URL_01 =  
| RW_URL_01 = [https://www.ahsgr.org/ American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]
| RW_URL_02 =  
| RW_URL_02 =  
| RW_URL_03 =  
| RW_URL_03 =  
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| RW_URL_10 =  
| RW_URL_10 =  
| custodian = [https://www.ahsgr.org/ American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]
| custodian = [https://www.ahsgr.org/ American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]
}}  
}}
 
== What is in This Collection? ==
== What is in This Collection? ==
The collection consists of an index and images of obituaries collected by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia which is located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Society continues to collect obituaries and the index and images for these records will be added as they become available. This collection covers the years 1899 to 2012.
The collection consists of an index and images of obituaries collected by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia which is located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Society continues to collect obituaries and the index and images for these records will be added as they become available. This collection covers the years 1899 to 2012.
=== Image Visibility ===
=== Image Visibility ===
{{Image Visibility}}
{{Image Visibility}}
== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
Information found in this collection may include:  
The following information may be found in these records:
{{columns-list|2|
*Name of deceased  
*Name of deceased  
*Birth date and place  
*Birth date and place  
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*Name of newspaper  
*Name of newspaper  
*Date of obituary publication
*Date of obituary publication
 
}}
== Collection Content  ==
== Collection Content  ==
=== Sample Images ===
=== Sample Images ===
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<gallery widths="160px" heights="120px" perrow="3">
Image:United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (13-1156) Sample Obituary DGS 100415095_74.jpg|2009 Sample Obituary
Image:United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (13-1156) Sample Obituary DGS 100415095_74.jpg|Sample Obituary
Image:United States,Obituaries,American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, DGS103159952 image12.jpeg|2003 Obituary
Image:United States,Obituaries,American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, DGS103159952 image12.jpeg|Sample Obituary
</gallery>
</gallery>
=== Digital Folder Number List ===
=== Digital Folder Number List ===
This collection was published as a [[Book_and_Film_Numbers_Used_by_the_Family_History_Library#Digital_Filming_Numbers|DGS]] browse collection. The list does not contain any description of the DGS folder's content. There is no order to the images in each folder. See the FamilySearch Catalog entry {{FHL|4092238|item|disp=for this collection}} for more information.
{{DFNL_List | page = [[United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Digital Folder Number List]] }}
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
*The name of the person  
*The name of the person  
*The name of a spouse or other relatives
*The name of a spouse or other relatives
*Death date
=== Search the Index ===
=== Search the Index ===
{{Search Collection Link | CID=CID2367299 }}
{{Search Collection Link | CID=CID2367299 }}
{{HR Tip|More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4092238 United States, obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012]. Click on camera icon to see images.}}
=== View the Images ===
{{DFNL View | page = [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States,_Obituaries,_American_Historical_Society_of_Germans_from_Russia_Digital_Folder_Number_List Digital Folder Number List] | CID = 2367299 }}
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]].
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]].
== What Do I Do Next? ==
== What Do I Do Next? ==
Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Look at the actual image of the record, if you can, to verify the information and to find additional information.  
Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Look at the actual image of the record, if you can, to verify the information and to find additional information.  
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
*Add any new information to your records
*Add any new information to your records
*Copy the citation below, in case you need to find this record again later
*If available, check the image for additional information
*Use the information found in the record to locate the death record
*Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family
*Use the age or estimated birth date to determine an approximate birth date to find other church and vital records such as birth, baptism, and marriage records 
*Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records
*Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses
*Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family  
*[[United States Church Records| Church Records]] were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900
*[[United States Church Records| Church Records]] were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===  
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===  
*If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
*The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
*If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county 
*Try searching by surname only
*Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
*Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century
*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for [http://genealogy.about.com/od/first_names/fl/nickname-given-name-equivalents.htm these names] as well
 
=== Research Helps ===
=== Research Helps ===
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in [[United States Genealogy|the United States]].
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the [[United States Genealogy|United States]].
* [[GuidedResearch:United States|United States Guided Research]]
* [[GuidedResearch:United States]]
* [[United States Record Finder]]
* [[United States Record Finder]]
* [[United States Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[United States Research Tips and Strategies]]
=== Related Family History Library Holdings ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4092238 United States, obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012]
== Citing This Collection ==
== Citing This Collection ==
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
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