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Things to know about AJC obituaries or death notices The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contains three types of death information: • Family-placed
death notices: notices written by family members and supplied
by the funeral home or cremation society handling arrangements to
our classified advertising department. A death may be noted by any one or more of these methods. News obituary listings and family-placed death notices may appear in the newspaper on more than one day, if there is updated or additional information. On the other hand, please remember that not all deceased persons have listings in the newspaper. 
Placing a news obituary or death notice in the AJC and on ajc.com News Obituaries To submit a news obituary listing, please have the funeral home or cremation society in charge of arrangements fax the obit information to News Obits at 404-526-7517. We do not accept information from other sources. Family-Placed Death Notices For more information about our
funeral home partners, please see our directory at: If you have questions about our death notice policies, you may call our classified advertising paid notice department at 404-526-5271. All obituaries and death notices that appear in the pages of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also appear on our Web site. ajc.com/obits: We
deliver enhanced interactive obituary features and services to online
visitors, funeral homes and the families they serve, including: Tips for using this site Because we include both news and family-placed listings, you may see names listed more than once. Family-placed death notices are indicated by * in the name list. You may view *news obituaries only* by city of Atlanta or county by clicking on the "Browse by location" link. Family-placed death notices are not included in this view because family-placed death notices published in the newspaper do not contain geographical designations. Individual notices or obituaries are labeled as a news obituary article, a news obituary listing or a paid death notice. You may browse an earlier day's listings by clicking on that day in the calendar and clicking on "Go". You may choose to view the full-text of all listings or only the notice or obituary headings, which include the name of the deceased and the first sentences of the notice or obituary. Searching: You may search
the entire 30-day archive by last name. Posting a condolence on a Guest Book: You will find a Guest Book icon on all family-placed death notices. Click on the icon to post your entry. Guest Books remain online for 30 days unless sponsored. A sponsorship allows a Guest Book to remain online permanently or for one year.
The Stacks obituary archive: Obituaries and death notices are available in the archive on the day of publication. You will also find death notices and obituaries from the past 30 days, which may be viewed free of charge at http://www.legacy.com/atlanta/Obituaries.asp. You may search the archive by last name or by any information that appears in the text of an obituary or death notice. You may limit your search to any of the types of death information that we publish: family-placed death notices, news obituary listings or news obituary articles, or you may search across all types. Your search results will include the name of the deceased, the type of information (notice, obituary listing or obituary article), the date of publication and a word count. You will be prompted to pay when you click on a name from your results list. You may purchase a single obituary or listing, or because many people have both obituaries and death notices over several days, you may purchase a pass good for seven days from the date of purchase, to allow you to retrieve four notices or obituaries. For more details see Pricing. To begin your search, visit our obituary archive at: nl.newsbank.com/sites/ajob
The Stacks news archive: Our Stacks news archive of staff-written news stories back to 1985 contains news obituary listings back to October 1998 and news obituary articles back to 1985. The Stacks news archive does not contain family-placed death notices. Finding a funeral listing, however, can be helpful in determining when a family-placed death notice may have appeared. With this information, you can search microfilm at your local public library. Using the Stacks news archive Here is the best method for searching the Stacks news archive for news obituary listings (since October 1998) and news obituary articles: 1. Go to the search screen at stacks.ajc.com 2. In the "Search terms" box, type the first and last name of the person you are looking for. (If you get no hits, you may want to try just the last name. However, you may see many hits that are not pertinent to your search.) 3. In the "Headline" box, type obituaries. 4. If you have a general idea of the date of death, you can use the Date options to further limit your search. 5. Click on the Search button. 6. In your results list, you will receive the headlines and first few sentences from the funeral notices or obituaries that include the name you have typed in the search terms box. Please note that the name you typed may not appear in those first sentences. 7. When you click on a headline to see the full text, you will be prompted to enter a method of payment.
Death records in the Atlanta metro area To obtain date of death information or death records in the Atlanta metro area • Bartow County • Carroll County • Cherokee County • Clayton County • Cobb County • Coweta County • DeKalb County • Douglas County • Fayette County • Forsyth County • Fulton County: • Gwinnett County • Hall County • Henry County • Paulding County • Rockdale County • State of Georgia Vital Records
Division • Social Security Death Index
Genealogy • Georgia public library Web
sites • UGA Libraries Georgia newspaper
project, Athens. • Georgia Genealogical Society • University of Georgia • Kenneth
H. Thomas, Jr. • Genealogical Computer Society
of Georgia • GenealogySpot • Cyndi's List • U.S. Genweb Project • Rootsweb • FamilySearch • AfriGeneas: African Ancestored
Genealogy • The American Family Immigration
History Center on Ellis Island
Grief resources Preparing for a death or funeral: • Federal Trade Commission National bereavement sites: • WidowNet • National Library of Medicine
and National Institutes of Health • Grief & Loss Local resources: • Metro Atlanta United Way
Help Book • Compassionate Friends -
Atlanta area chapters • Front Porch of Atlanta
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