Cleveland Necrology File Browse | Saved Records 4 Browse for Names and Keywords What is the Cleveland Necrology File? Use the Browse function to find nearby names and words, which might suggest al- Cleveland Necrology File was produced from a card file kept by Cleveland Public Library ternate names or terms. Browse-Name will provide words only appearing the Name field; Browse-Keyword will provide a list of words in all fields. who collected cemetery records and obituaries found in Cleveland newspapers. What records does the Cleveland Necrology File contain? In addition to obituaries and cemetery records, there are some records from the Cleveland Bureau of Vital Statistics and the Annals of Cleveland. The paid death notices in Cleveland Necrology File were pulled from the following newspapers:  Cleveland Plain Dealer: 1850-1975  Cleveland Herald: 1833, 1847-1848, 1876, 1878-1879  Cleveland Press: August 16, 1941 - 1975. Note: Cleveland Necrology File is not an official or complete record of deaths in the Cleveland area during those years. Nor was it always customary during this time period to use paid newspaper notices. Save Your Records As you find records of interest to you, click the box to the left of the deceased’s name. This will save selected records until you are ready to email them all at once. Prepared by Mary Thompson Where can I access the Cleveland Necrology File? Cleveland Necrology File is hosted by Cleveland Public Library, and can be found at http://www.cpl.org/necrology. What if I need obituaries after 1975? For paid death notices published 1976 to the present, you should search Cleveland News Index (http://www-catalog.cpl.org/CLENIX), also produced by CPL. It contains obituaries from the following newspapers:  Cleveland Press: 1976-1982  Cleveland Plain Dealer: 1976-present Using Cleveland Necrology File Name Search | Keyword Search 2 Sort | Refine 3 Search by Name Organize Your Results Name searches look only in the field that contains the name of the deceased, but Use the Sort button to sort your results by date or name to quickly find the desired record. it will find that name in any position. For example: a Name search for Landers will retrieve 50 results, including the following:  Landers, Katherine Chipchase  Olmsted, Dorothy M. (Landers)  McKenna,  Roach, James Landers Landers E. 2 1 Search by Keyword Limit Your Results A Keyword search will look for words anywhere in the record, allowing one to find family members, days, dates, cemeteries, funeral homes, churches or street locations. Combine multiple terms with AND, OR, or NOT. For example: a When a search retrieves a large number of records, use the Refine button to reduce the number of records. Results can be limited by adding more keywords or by searching for words in specific fields (Name, Note, Id# or Date). Keyword search for landers AND mary retrieves results like:  Landers,  father  at Mary M. of Mrs. Mary Komora 2 St. Mary of Czestochowa Church  interment at St. Mary's Cemetery 1