Obituaries

Elizabetha

Hi,
Obituaries in the 1800/1900's in Ireland, did it happen? and if so where can I research them? Are they kept in the NLI aswell?
Thanks
PS. sorry if my questions seem a bit stupid... Im only learning

shanew

Obituaries are for prominent people - ordinary people might have death notices, but these had to be paid for, so not every family did this, or could afford to.

The death notices appear in many newspaper - the 'Hatches, Matches and Dispatches' section, but can be very time consuming to search unless you already have a date from a cert. Some newspapers are searchable online on commercial websites - e.g.

www.irishtimes.com/archive/
www.irishnewsarchive.com
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

These tend to include the more major newspapers - check the dates they have before paying... The NLI in Dublin has a good collection of historic newspapers, most on microfilm, and some bound. Local libraries are also worth checking.


S.

Elizabetha

Thanks for that shane. Do you know anything about the Glasnevin website? I paid 8euro for an extended record of a 1903 death but there were 4 other records of people with different surnames and different death years. Would they all be burried in the same plot?

shanew

as far as I understand their system what you pay for is a set of records for a plot. The other people may not be related..


S.