Kosciusko Co Obituary Lookups
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Re: Kosciusko Co Obituary Lookups
 sueze37
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Posted: 8 Mar 2008 12:27AM GMT |
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First, it looks like you are looking in the wrong newspaper for the obits that are listed on the rootsweb page. For example, Edwin Higbee obituary that is listed as being in the 1 July 1920 is in the Milford Mail newspaper. http://www.rootsweb.com/~inkosciu/MilfordObits.html If you went to the Warsaw Public Library you were looking at the Warsaw Daily Times. The Warsaw Daily Times has not been indexed yet, so I cannot tell you what date the obituary is on ... or even if there is one. The Warsaw Library does not have the Milford Mail newspaper on microfilm there. The genealogy section has all Milford Mail on microfilm.
Olive Higbee's obituary is listed in the Pierceton Newspater, not the Warsaw newspaper. http://www.rootsweb.com/~inkosciu/PiercetonObits.html Again the Warsaw library does not have any of the Pierceton Newspaper on microfilm. The 30's or 40' have not been index in the Warsaw newspapers. The genealogy section has all of the Pierceton Newspaper on microfilm.
So it appears you are taking our index for obituaries and trying to find them in the wrong newspapers. Using the index right you should be able to find an obituary within 5-10 minutes at the most.
Our county has had the following newspapers: Akron Mentone News, Northern Indiana CoOpp News, Tri-County Gazette, Community Farm News, Mentone Gazette, Milford Mail, Pierceton Record, Pierceton Press, Silver Lake and Syracuse. The Kosciusko County Genealogy Section Library has all of these on microfilm. All are indexed but Syracuse, and that one is almost done.
At the Warsaw Library you will find Northern Indianaian Newspaper, Indianian Republican Newspaper, Warsaw Daily Times, & the Warsaw Times Union. Some of the Warsaw Times Union have been indexed, but not all. The others that are listed have not been indexed.
The Genealogy Section asks $3.00 for an obituary to help cover the cost of having a library that serves the public. We have the cost of copy machines, a microfilm reader/printer, paper, toner, etc. We also have the cost of the microfilm and the up keep on all of the original county record books. With out some money coming in we can not keep the genealogy library open.
I hope this helps you understand how the obituary index works. Also why we ask for a small fee.
Sue Zellers
Kosciusko County Genealogy Research Assistant
Olive Higbee's obituary is listed in the Pierceton Newspater, not the Warsaw newspaper. http://www.rootsweb.com/~inkosciu/PiercetonObits.html Again the Warsaw library does not have any of the Pierceton Newspaper on microfilm. The 30's or 40' have not been index in the Warsaw newspapers. The genealogy section has all of the Pierceton Newspaper on microfilm.
So it appears you are taking our index for obituaries and trying to find them in the wrong newspapers. Using the index right you should be able to find an obituary within 5-10 minutes at the most.
Our county has had the following newspapers: Akron Mentone News, Northern Indiana CoOpp News, Tri-County Gazette, Community Farm News, Mentone Gazette, Milford Mail, Pierceton Record, Pierceton Press, Silver Lake and Syracuse. The Kosciusko County Genealogy Section Library has all of these on microfilm. All are indexed but Syracuse, and that one is almost done.
At the Warsaw Library you will find Northern Indianaian Newspaper, Indianian Republican Newspaper, Warsaw Daily Times, & the Warsaw Times Union. Some of the Warsaw Times Union have been indexed, but not all. The others that are listed have not been indexed.
The Genealogy Section asks $3.00 for an obituary to help cover the cost of having a library that serves the public. We have the cost of copy machines, a microfilm reader/printer, paper, toner, etc. We also have the cost of the microfilm and the up keep on all of the original county record books. With out some money coming in we can not keep the genealogy library open.
I hope this helps you understand how the obituary index works. Also why we ask for a small fee.
Sue Zellers
Kosciusko County Genealogy Research Assistant