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Westliche Post Obituary Example (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| The obituaries in the Westliche Post, a
German-language newspaper published in St. Louis from 1857 to 1938,
contain a wealth of information for researchers.
The Westliche Post is available
on microfilm at St. Louis County Library and the obituaries
from the newspaper are in
the process of being indexed. A bold black line
precedes and follows each obituary. (See image below.) The obituary
column in the Westliche starts with the heading "Todes-Anzeigen,"
which means Death News. The obituaries are written in a Gothic fraktur
script common to that time. To facilitate translation, a list of
words frequently used in a German
obituary is available. A
translation of the first obituary in this example is given below the
image.
Westliche
Post Obit Index
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German
Obituary Word List
Historic Newspaper Holdings
The following is a translation
of the first notice in the sample above:
Maria our dearly
beloved daughter, died on Thursday, the 4th
of November, after a short illness at the age of 3 years 4
months and 9 days. The burial will take place this afternoon at
2:00 from the home of sorrow, Prairie and Cass Ave.
Georg Sutter,
Appolonia Sutter, nee Herwig
Westliche
Post Obit Index
About the Index
German
Obituary Word List
Historic Newspaper Holdings
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Modified:
13 March 2008
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