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 [[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Utah]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Utah Obituaries<br>
-Obituaries are&nbsp;a good&nbsp;source of biographical information. They&nbsp;can include religion, birth, marriage, and death information, names of parents, siblings,&nbsp;children, and extended family. There are a few indexes to obituaries for Utah newspapers at the Family History Library. Some newspapers have indexes on-line through the Internet. [[Utah Newspapers]] describes available newspaper resources.
+===Overview===
+Obituaries are a good source of biographical information. They can include religion, birth, marriage, and death information, names of parents, siblings, children, and extended family. For further information on national newspaper sources for obituaries see [[United States Obituaries]].<br>
-There is a combined obituary index for the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune covering&nbsp;1850 to 1970. This index also&nbsp;includes names from other early publications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that recorded deaths. It is alphabetical by name of the deceased. The cards give the birth year of the deceased, the date and page of the obituary, and the newspaper(s) in which the obituary appears.&nbsp;It is in:&nbsp;
+There are a few indexes to obituaries for Utah newspapers in the Family History Library. Some newspapers have indexes on-line through the Internet. [[Utah Newspapers]] describes available newspaper resources.
+There is a combined obituary index for the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune covering 1850 to 1970. This index also includes names from other early publications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that recorded deaths. It is alphabetical by name of the deceased. The cards give the birth year of the deceased, the date and page of the obituary, and the newspaper(s) in which the obituary appears.&nbsp;It is in:&nbsp;
 ''Obituary Index File to The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News as of 31 December 1970''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Church Historians Office, 1971. (Family History Library&nbsp;{{FHL|189434|title-id|disp=films 821636–99}}.) This index is also available at the Salt Lake Public Library, the Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Utah State Historical Society.