Tracing a deceased person obituary

[Old Cruser]

I decided to look for an old friend I lost touch with years ago.

found they died and where they died also the place they are buried.

But --- when I checked out the obits for the person in a newspaper there is no write up available.

Instead it gives the Ancestory site to go to?

Why?

Never come across this before???

Any suggestions please.

[Fly]

If you mean the ancestry.co.uk site, I have access if you need help ?

[Old Cruser]

Thanks Fly - yes I do - but how could it be taken out of the newspaper and made exclusive to them?

[Fly]

Perhaps the relatives of the deceased person wanted to keep some details out of the general public's eye.
PM me a few details and I'll get back to you :-)

[Old Cruser]

Thanks Fly

[Stuart]

It won't know be exclusive to Ancestry - Ancestry will be paying the search engine to point to them. You've found the location of your friend's death, so you could go and look through the local paper at a library. That's hit and miss, though, an can require a lot of work for the possibility of no reward. If Ancestry has copied the obit, then it exists separately, but theirs is an easy, indexed way of accessing it.

[Old Cruser]

Thanks Stuart.

Both my friends parents are there to read - it's just my friends who has gone ????

I just find it odd !!

[Old Cruser]

Thanks for trying Fly looks as if i may never find out. 

[poppy]

Hi OC
I have access to old newspapers on Find my Past. Willing to give it a go if you want. Just send me some details.

[Old Cruser]

Bless you Poppy I will send you the details tomorrow.

[poppy]

Hi Pam I have sent you a PM

[Old Cruser]

Thank you Wendy, it is quite intriguing isn't it.