If you wish to search Obituaries in the New York Times Proquest Historical online, try omitting the person's first name, because the entry may not include it. SG
*Advanced Search screen has a link to More Search options screen includes Document type: Obituaries
Title: New York Times (access via ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Coverage: 1851-2001
Description: The New York Times (1851-2001) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/nytph.cgi
keywords: obits NYT
The index picks out words only in the titles of articles, apparently, because the caption only read "Brig-General Clagett" with no first name. The index gets confused, I guess, if you throw too many names at it. -- comment from Al L.
Posted by iris at July 6, 2006 03:08 PM