Obituary Volumes Project:
Introduction

You can order copies of the obituaries listed in this index for $3.00 a copy. Use the Order Form at the bottom of this page to order.

A Surname Index Page

Members of the Linn Genealogical Society have been transcribing, clipping, and indexing obituaries and death notices from the Albany Democrat-Herald and other newspapers since the late 1970s. To date, there are 35 volumes of transcribed obituaries or obituary clippings available at the Linn Genealogical Society Library. The consolidated index for volumes 1 through 36 (volume 2 is not a LGS project and Vol.6 & 8 indexes are not yet available) is available using the links below. The index to the collection is ordered by surname and lists the names as they appear in the obituary. The date or year following the name is date when the obituary or death notice was published. The date could also be the date of death. The abbrievation after the date is the source of the obituary using the following key:

• ABN — Aurora Beacon News, Aurora, IL
• ADH — Albany Democrat-Herald, Albany, OR
• BDR — Belvidere Daily Republican, Belvidere, IL
• CCS — Clark County Sun, Vancouver, WA
• CIO — Chicago Inter-Ocean, Chicago, IL
• EI — Elkhorn Independent, Elkhorn, WI
• GT — Gazette Times, Corvallis, OR
• GO — Greater Oregon, Albany, OR
• NE — The New Era, Sweet Home, OR
• OS — Oregon Statesman, Salem, OR
• RG — The Register Guard, Eugene, OR
• SJ — Statesman Journal, Salem, OR
• TC — The Columbian, Vancouver, WA
• TJR — The Jefferson Review, Jefferson, OR
• TO — The Oregonian, Portland, OR
• TT — The Times, Brownsville, OR
• WHD — Weekly Herald Disseminator, Albany, OR

The number (vv:ppp) following the name indicates the volume and page number of the obituary transcription or clipping in the LSG Obituary Series. The number before the colon (:) indicates the volume number, and the numbers after the colon indicate the page numbers. The year indicates when the obituary was published.

The index has 31,803 entries for 9643 surnames with more being added as earlier volumes are added to the index. The index is ordered by surname and is divided into pages according to the first initial of the surname; one page for each letter of the alphabet.

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Refer to the following list to determine the year that each volume contains:

Volume	Dates		Volume	Dates
17	Jan. - Dec. 1993		27	Jan. - June 2001
18	Jan. - Dec. 1994		28	July - Dec. 2001
19	Jan. - Dec. 1995		29	Jan. - June 2002
20	Jan. - Dec. 1996		30	July - Dec. 2002
21	Jan. - Dec. 1997		31	Jan. - June 2003
22	Jan. - June 1998		32	July - Dec. 2003
23	July - Dec. 1998		33	Jan. - June 2004
24	Jan. - June 1999		34	July - Dec. 2004
25	July - Dec. 1999		35	Jan. - Dec. 2005
26	Jan. - Dec. 2000

The index lists the names as they appear in the individual's obituary. Look for a married person by her married name (maiden names are shown in parenthesis where available). Check all spelling variations of a name; for example, there may be an obituary for "Bryan" and the same person listed under "Bryant." There may be more than one entry for a person, because an obituary appeared more than once in the newspaper.

Ordering Copies

You can order copies of an obituary in the collection for $3.00 per obituary using the following form. If you want a copy of the transcribed obituary in the collection, print and complete the form, then send the form and your remittance to the address on the form.

To print the above form as a single page, highlight just the form and click Selection in the Page Range section of the Print dialog box. To display the Order Form in a printable view, click here (displays the Adobe Acrobat version of the form in a new browser window).