Saturday, May 15, 2010

Oh Thank Heaven for Death Records

As I mentioned in my previous post I am looking for Copeland's in Missouri. The Missouri Digital Archives have been such a big help. Yesterday I went there online with my trusty laptop and typed in Copeland under the death certificate heading and scrolled through, I was able to find 5 or 6 more death certificates for people in my family. WOO HOO! Some of them even lead me to their spouses. I love primary sources. I am thinking of applying this method to the sirname Jackson as well. This may prove more difficult because I think that, that particular sir name is more prevalent than Copeland is , but who knows. I'll give it a whirl.

The people who's death certificates I found yesterday are:

Calvin C Copland 1846-1927
Charles Copeland 1881-1953
Edward Melvin Copeland 1877-1954
George Easly Copeland 1885-1928
Lucy Hargrove Copeland 1887-1954
William Ray Copeland 1841-1918

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