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Various newspapers published in Cambria County print obituaries for area residents as well as for some former residents. In the obituary index listings, the first page of each year contains a table of what is included in that year's index. "PAPER" corresponds to the newspaper table below, and indicates which newspaper published the obituary.
The "OBIT DATE" in the index is, generally, the date the obituary appeared in the newspaper, not necessarily the date of death.
"TYPE" indicates the type of record in that paper: "O" is for the actual obituary; "F" is for the funeral notice; "A" is for a miscellaneous article, which could include an article on the accident, a biographical sketch by a friend or family member, etc. "DD" is the death date. The obituary or funeral notice could appear in that day's paper or within a few days of that date.
Additional obituary indexes from local newspapers can be found on the Blacklick Township webpages (see bottom of the page).
PAPER
CODE |
NEWSPAPER |
REMARKS |
| MH |
Mountaineer Herald |
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| SC |
Star-Courier |
The Star-Courier serves the Northern Cambria area and is published weekly. The newspaper's first issue was printed in the beginning of 2000. |
| TD |
Tribune-Democrat |
The Tribune-Democrat serves the Johnstown and surrounding areas and is published daily. The newspaper began publishing in about 1952, having been merged from the Johnstown Tribune and the Johnstown Democrat.
NOTE: Most of the entries in this index were obtained from the death index on the back page. This means that the obituary may not be included on that day, but may appear a day or two in either direction of this particular date. |
| UPC |
Union Press Courier |
The Union Press Courier was the forerunner to the Star-Courier, served the Northern Cambria area and was published weekly. The newspaper's last issue was printed at the end of 1999. |
If you've found a name listed in this index that you'd like to have a copy of, there are several ways to obtain the copy.
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At your local library through the Inter-Library Loan program. Check with your local library to see if they can obtain a copy of the microfilm containing the issue of the paper you're interested in. |
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At the Johnstown Library. For a fee, the Johnstown library will search their microfilm and send you a copy of the obit. Check out their web page for their Genealogy and Reference Research Policy. |
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Hire a local researcher. There are a few researchers who will go to the library and do a search of the microfilm there. A list of these researchers can be found on the Local Researchers web page. |
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