Death Records by a Different Name
Let’s explore over 20 different places where we might find documentation of death. We are not talking obituaries, cemetery records, probate records, death certificates, bibles, and the records most of us regularly pursue. We are talking of some of the many other records which possibly were created to document your ancestors’ death — ledgers, societies, poor records, funeral homes, and much more. Examples reflecting Ontario/Canada will be explored – using Archivegrid (e.g., Mather Funeral Home collection at Trent University), LAC, and other resources to acquire examples.
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Diane Richard
Diane L Richard, Mosaic Research and Project Management (MosaicRPM), www.mosaicrpm.com, has been doing genealogy research since 1987 and since 2004 professionally focused on the records of North Carolina and southern states. She regularly contributes to Internet Genealogy. She has authored over 500 articles on genealogy topics. In 2019 she published, Tracing Your Ancestors — African American Research: A Practical Guide, via Moorshead Publications. Since 2016 she has been editor of the North Carolina Genealogical Society (NCGS) journal.
As a speaker she has delivered webinars and in-person talks about the availability and richness of records documenting southerners, pursuing formerly enslaved ancestors and their descendants, genealogical research tips, techniques, tools and strategies, under-utilized resource collections [online and on-the-ground], and much more. She has appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? (Bryan Cranston episode).
She is co-leader of Tar Heel Discoveries, www.tarheeldiscoveries.com, started in 2018, which offers guided North Carolina genealogical research programs providing participants targeted, focused, research assistance leading to new family discoveries.
She is a board member of NC Historical Records Online (NCHRO), http://nchistoricalrecords.org/, non-profit organization dedicated to providing public access to high quality images of original records and other related information useful to researching North Carolina history and genealogy.
