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This report is extracted from the 1000 Section (Confirmed Newspaper Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.   Either a compiler, publisher or repository had confirmed the existance of this index and supplied information for the report. See the INTRODUCTION for the methodology used in compiling the LATHROP REPORT.
REPORT NO:  1105A Previous Report (1104A)  |  Next Report (1105B)
INDEX NAME:  Marriage and Obituary Index
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • THE JERSEY JOURNAL Jersey City NJ 1933-1941;1967-1974
  • THE DISPATCH Union City NJ 1933-1941;1967-1974
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: JERSEY CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
New Jersey Room
472 Jersey Ave
Jersey City NJ 07302
Telephone: (201) 547-4503
AVAILABILITY:  Only one copy of this card file index exists. It must be used in the Jersey City Public Library.
SCOPE OF INDEX:  An index to deaths and marriages as reported in the newspapers.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A 3x5 card file index arranged in alphabetical order by personal name. Most of the cards are handwritten and include the name of the person (last name first), maiden name (if a woman), names of relatives (husband, wife, mother, father...etc.) and the citation. The citation consists of a code for the newspaper, date and page number.
SIZE OF INDEX:  There are 39 file drawers of cards with one entry per card.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
R.W. Stewart. "Notes on some New Jersey newspaper indexes". N.J. Libraries (new series), v.1, p.5-9, Winter 1968.
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LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES. 1979-1980 Edition. Copyright © 1979 by Norman Lathrop Enterprises. ISBN 0-910868-10-7. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior expressed permission of Norman Lathrop Enterprises, except as permitted by law.   Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of the report at the time of publication.   However, it is imperative that the user contact the organization cited in a report for the current status of the index, especially if planning to visit the institution and do research using the index.