Here is how you can help with the Kansas Obituary Project:
- To volunteer send your name, email address, and the newspaper you will be working from,
make a note if you are indexing or submitting whole obits. Once a month, you will email me
your file of obit information. We will then place them online. Questions or comments, please
contact me, .
- Contact local newspapers to ask permission for the USGenWeb Archives Project to archive
their obituaries. Here is a sample letter to send to the newspapers. Contact me with the name
of the newspaper and name and title of person granting permission from the publication.
- Check with state archives and genealogical societies to locate microfilm or other sources
of pre-1923 (public domain) newspapers to transcribe obituaries from.
- Something to think about, some newspapers offer subscriptions by mail.
- Volunteer to transcribe obituaries from newspapers already granting permission (must have
access to their publication or website).
- Copyright Law: The Kansas Obituary Project will abide by today's copyright laws. Obituaries
published after December 31, 1922, unless:
- you are/were the original author of the obituary, or
- the newspaper in question grants permission to reprint the obituary, or
- the obituary is that of a family member (you must give the relation), or
- you submit an abstract/INDEX of your obituaries. A good abstract might
give the paper's name, name of deceased, age, date of death, and date that the
obituary appears in the paper (in parenthesis).
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Tips for Locating an Obituary can be found at this link.
- To submit obituaries use the automated submission forms at
http://www.genrecords.org/.
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