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Ancestry.com. Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Indexers and Volunteers. “Ohio Obituary Index.” Database. Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/ : 2009.


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  • Title Ancestry.com. Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
    Original data: Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Indexers and Volunteers. “Ohio Obituary Index.” Database. Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/ : 2009. 
    Short Title Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center 
    Source ID S352 
    Text Name: Rev William Benton Chamberlain
    Birth Date: 1 Sep 1847
    Spouse: Emma E Peck
    Marriage Date: 1875
    Parents: E B & Mary Ann Cowles
    Other Sources: F497 H8c7 1977 Orr
    Other Source Data: Pp 573 - 574
    Source Description: Commemorative Biographical Record Fo Huron And Lorain Co (Chicago, Beers, 1894)
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    Individuals: 2    		 William Benton Chamberlain
    Gladys Taber 

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    • About Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
      This data collection is an index to over 1.5 million obituaries in Ohio newspapers from the 1810s to 2009. It has been compiled from various record sources such as newspapers, obituaries, and local government offices.
      About ninety percent of the content is from newspaper citations and about ten percent from other sources. Some death notices may be lengthy articles, and some may be brief one line announcements.
      A small number of marriage notices have also been indexed, along with a variety of other sources, mostly from the Hayes Presidential Center. Examples of these other sources are probate case files, funeral home records, society membership records, biographical files, brief references in history books, etc.
      Information extracted from these documents generally includes:
      Name of deceased
      Death Date
      Place of Death (City, State)
      Age at Death
      Birth Date
      Parents’ Names
      Marriage Date
      Spouse Name
      Newspaper Source (Title, Date, Page, Column)
      Newspaper Location
      Newspaper Repository Location
      Other Source (Title, Data, Location Description)
      Notes
      Additional Information provided by the Hayes Library