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Obituaries & Death Records

A treasure trove for genealogists, our obituaries and death records may help you find that bit of information you've been seeking. Several scrap books here include engagements and weddings as well.

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    ADF (Alvan D Forry) Death Record

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    Alvan D. Forry (b. 1913), deacon at Bair's Hanover church, kept an informal record of the deaths of....

    AKS (Amos K. Stauffer) Obituary Books, 1884 - 1961

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    Amos K. Stauffer Obituary Books Scrapbooks of obituaries clipped by genealogist Amos K.....

    Burial Record 1894-1899

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    A record of burials in Lancaster and Lebanon Counties kept by an unknown author, including....

    CB (Charles Beadle) Obituaries, 1933 - 1979

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    Charles Beadle Obituaries Obituaries collected by Charles Beadle, from 1933-1979. The obituaries....

    Cemetery Records

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    Hannes Eby Burial Record, 1806 - 1845

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    Hannes Eby Death and Burial Record Record of burials (not obituaries) kept by John (Hannes) Eby....

    HNE (Henry N. Eby) Death Record, 1858 - 1918

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    Henry N. Eby Death Record Files Record of deaths (not obituaries) compiled chiefly by Henry....

    IDL (Ira D. Landis) Diaries, 1933 - 1970

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    Diaries of Ira D. Landis, the first director of Mennonite Life. An avid historian and genealogist,....

    JB (Johannes Bachman) Ledger, 1769 - 1829

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    Johannes Bachman Ledger Files Transcription and translation of the ledger kept by....

    JNB (Jacob N. Brubacher) Books, 1880 - 1913

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    Jacob N. Brubacher Church Record Books Records of funeral sermons preached by Mennonite Bishop....

    Lancaster Newspapers, Mar 2005 - 2020

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    Lancaster Newspaper Obituary Files Obituaries from the Lancaster newspapers saved as hard copy (on....

    Let These Stones Speak Cemetery Indexes

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    Misc Scrapbooks

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    Scrapbooks of unknown origin owned by the Mennonite Life archives which include information about....

    Musser Scrapbooks

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    Etta Musser Scrapbook FilesEach file below represents one page from the scrapbook collection of....

    MWG (Michael W. Groff) Record, 1816 - 1884

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    MWG (Michael W. Groff) Record Published record kept by Michael W. Groff of the deaths of....

    Obituary Indexes

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    Obituary Scrapbooks

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    Scrapbook Page Files Each file below represents one scrapbook page. The pages are numbered with....

    Washington House Registers, 1875 - 1880

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    Each file represents one page of a transcription of the list of deaths known as the "Washington....
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