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Compiled by James Fordyce
Copyright © 2008, James Fordyce
This publication may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form without the permission of the author.
INTRODUCTION:
This index is a master index of the obituaries and funeral memorials through 2007 found in the obituary books and scrapbooks of the Cornerstone Genealogical Society's library in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. It presently covers over 38,000 obituaries and funeral memorials, the majority of which are from the past 50 years, although some of the scrapbooks and collections do contain older obituaries.
Each entry contains the subject's name and the book in which the obituary is found. NOTE: where an individual's obituary is shown for two different books, both obituaries may be identical. The books included in the index so far and the abbreviations used are as follows:
1975 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1975
1978 - County Obituaries, October 13, 1978 to February 15, 1980
1985 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1985
1986 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1986
1987 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1987
1988 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1988
1989 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1989
1990 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1990
1991 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1991
1992 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1992
1993 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1993
1994 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1994
1995 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1995
1996 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1996
1997 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1997
1998 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1998
1999 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 1999
2000 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 2000
2001 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 2001
2002 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 2002
2003 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 2003
2004 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 2004
2005 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 2005
2006 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 2006
2007 - Genealogical Society Obituary Book - 2007
93DR - 1993 Obituaries of Persons Born Before 1906 (Published in the Observer-Reporter & Compiled by Bethel Fife & Drum Canonsburg Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution)
BANE - Scrapbook by Mary Elizabeth Bane
CRA1 - Funeral Memorials from the Collection of L. Myers Crayne
DAV1 - Obituaries from the Mary H. Davis Collection, 1919-1942
DAV2 - Obituaries from the Mary H. Davis Collection, 1933-1941
DAV3 - Obituaries from the Mary H. Davis Collection, 1940-1947
DAV4 - Obituaries from the Mary H. Davis Collection, 1961-1977
DAV5 - Obituaries from the Mary H. Davis Collection, 1977-1983
GAN1 - Obituaries from the Collection of Mary Ganier
GM01 - Green Mount Cemetery Obituaries, ca 1960-1970
GS01 - Cornerstone Scrapbook #1
HAW1 - Hawkins Scrapbook Obituaries
HEA1 - Headlee Scrapbook Obituaries & Funeral Memorials
HS01 - Historical Society Obituaries, Volume I, 1955-1964
HS02 - Historical Society Obituaries, Volume II, 1964-19--
HS03 - Historical Society Obituaries, 1968-1970
HS04 - Historical Society Obituaries, 1948-1967
HSS1 - Historical Society Scrapbook
ING1 - Inghram Scrapbook
MOR1 - Moredock Scrapbook #1 Obituaries
MOR2 - Moredock Scrapbook #2 Obituaries
MOR3 - Moredock Scrapbook #3 Obituaries
MOR4 - Moredock Scrapbook #4 Obituaries
MOR5 - Moredock Scrapbook #5 Obituaries
PAT1 - Obituaries from the Aldine Patterson Collection
PIT1 – Pitcock-Mooney Obituaries
SHU1 - Mary E. Shultz Obituaries, 1977-1982
TAY1 – Hazel Taylor Stewart Scrapbook #1
TAY2 – Hazel Taylor Stewart Scrapbook #2
WEL1 - Grandma Wells' Scrapbook
A copy of this index will be made available in hard copy at the Cornerstone Genealogical Society's library in Waynesburg, where the books are available for use by visitors and members. For those not able to visit the library, copies of the obituaries can also be obtained by mail from the Cornerstone Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 547, Waynesburg, PA 15370. The cost is $3.00 per obituary and a self-addressed, stamped envelope should be included with your request (keep in mind that extra postage should be added if more than four are requested - figure about about four pages per ounce). Be sure to include the name and book in which the obituary is located in your request. Please allow a few weeks for the library staff to fulfill your request.
Click the letter of the last name you are seeking for the index.
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