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From: PHHGENE <>
Subject: Funeral Home Jacket Files of Kin
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 01:32:59 EST

I got this off of a NC/SC-Roots list at Maiser in May of 1997

Some fairly new to genealogy should be aware that often one can acquire very
useful information, maybe jump back 1 more generation, learn names of some
unknown 'cousins' etc. by doing the following:
1. From soc. security death index note date of death, place and county of
relative of interest.
2. Contact county clerk of the county where deceased died.
3. Ask that clerk if she'll check the d/c and give u name of Funeral Home.
4. Contact that funeral home and ask for a copy of FUNERAL HOME JACKET file
of deceased. That file will surely contain useful info. perhaps much better
than a newspaper obit.
*****
Note: This gentleman says he did the above sequence and has on his desk the
jacket file of kin that died in 1988. It contains full name of deceased when
and where born; correct name of both his parents; maiden name of his surviving
widow; name and city of residence in 1988 of a siser; a niece; 2
grandchildren; married name of a deceased dtr that died 1982; name of cemetaru
time of the funeral on 13 Jan. 1988 etc.
The results will be that you can learn names of perhaps as as many as 100
'cousins' for your data base that you didn't previously know you even had-
by contact with some named survivors.

Epilogue...just remember that the funeral home jacket file just may provide
useful info.. as there are many on the soc. security benefit index born well
before 1900.

Pat

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