Houston Newspaper Death Extractions, 1899-1909

Here is an excellent resource for Houston newspaper death notices for the years 1899-1909, from four Houston newspapers (primarily the Houston Post and the Houston Chronicle).  The death extractions were completed by volunteers with the Houston Genealogical Forum, and the database of records was posted to the HGF website.  It can be viewed from this link:


 http://hgftx.org/death-extractions/


The HGF website has some other great collections as well, including a Bible records transcription project.


Steven

GLBT Obituary Database

The website Texas Obituary Project has obituaries from the publication This Week in Texas, focusing "...on the 'AIDS years' of 1982 through 2000, but beginning in 1976." I did find more recent obituaries as well.

You can perform a name search and view the digitized images. Many include photos of the deceased, and may even include related articles.

Joy

ProQuest Obituaries Database --- Available Substitutes

The Digital Newspapers Finding Aid has been updated to reflect the dropping of ProQuest Obituaries. Affected newspapers include:

Los Angeles Time 1881-1984
Washington Post 1877-1950
Atlanta Constitution 1868-1922
Chicago Defender 1921-1975
Chicago Tribune 1852-1984
Boston Globe 1872-1922
New York Times 1851-1994

Please note that there are still some full-text, stand-alone newspaper databases for the following titles:

Washington Post 1904-1921 (Fold3)
Atlanta Constitution 1868-1923 (Fold3)
Chicago Defender 1910-1975 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Chicago Tribune 1849-1923 (Fold3)
New York Times 1851-2006 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

SB

Houston Chronicle Obituaries Online

Here is a brief summary of my morning presentation on Houston Chronicle obituaries online:

Full-Text Obituaries --- 10/29/2001 to present

• visit www.chron.com
• hover the mouse pointer over "Local" (do not click)
• click "Obituaries"
• click "Advanced Search" (located in the box labeled "Search Obituaries & Guest Books")
• change "Past 30 Days" to "All Time" (this will search obits from 10/29/2001 to present)
• enter first and last name of deceased and click "Search")
• if match is found, click "Read Obituary"

Lists of Names of Deceased taken from Houston Chronicle Obituaries --- 10/29/1985 to present***

• visit www.houstonlibrary.org
• click Research --->  Resources By Category --->  Newspapers
• click "Houston Chronicle (Article Search)"
• enter "obituaries" as an 'all text' keyword
• enter the surname you are searching as an 'all text' keyword
• click "Search"
• search results are sorted by year on the left side of the screen

*** Note: For some strange reason, these obituary lists of names seem to almost disappear after Feb 2009, although they are occasionally spotted in later months/years under different heading ("deaths" and "life tributes", for example).

I will add the above info to the Digital Newspapers Finding Aid at the Reference Desk as well.

Happy Hunting!

Steven