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The Newspapers and Microfilm Center does not have the actual newspapers but does have an extensive microfilm collection of over 400 Philadelphia newspapers dating back to 1720. |
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There is an index for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1860 to 1922 in the Early American Newspapers database and indexes for both the Inquirer and the Daily News beginning in 1983 in the individual databases for those newspapers. However, the Inquirer and Daily News databases usually do not include death notices. The America's Obituaries & Death Notices database covers the Philadelphia Inquirer beginning 1/16/81 and the Daily News beginning 7/21/82 but it is not comprehensive. |
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Send a written request with the person's name, exact date of death (month, day, year) or burial date and a stamped self-addressed envelope. We will check two newspapers for each name submitted.
U.S. Mail: Free Library of Philadelphia Newspapers & Microfilm Center 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Email: erefNEWS@freelibrary.org Payments: A $10 fee will be charged for up to three obituary name “lookups” whether or not staff can locate the obituaries. This fee covers three emailed scans. If you prefer a paper copy a $5.00 shipping/handling fee will be added. An invoice and search results will be sent upon completion of the research Service Limitations: Please be advised that staffing limitations prevent us from undertaking ongoing or in-depth research for patrons. Please refrain from sending additional requests until payment is completed for previous requests. |
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The Free Library of Philadelphia has City Directories and Telephone Directories available in microform. We will search for up to three years per request. We will search one name per year. Send your request to: U.S. Mail: Payments:
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