Brethren at Work
Obituary Index 
1875 - 1883

A total of 2,197 obituaries

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If you find any links that are broken or have any questions please e-mail at orwahist@aol.com Dennis Roth

If you need a copy of a obituary please e-mail at the above address.

Please note which newspaper the obituary is from and I will provide them as time permits or

The images of this newspaper is now on line at http://archive.org/details/brethrendigitalarchives

Start your search by clicking on a letter below. But please first look at the examples, and see how to interpret the lines.

There is one missing issue  01-25-1881. If any one knows where to find a copy please let me know.  

Examples of what the index looks like. 

  How to interpret the Index lines: 

02-01-1870    16 - Date of the publication and page #.

Shoemaker, Elizabeth - Person the obituary is for.

m. Benjamin - Spouse.

John K & Barbara Teeter - Parents names.

PA - State where died. 

23 - Age at time of death.

Bedford - County where died

Yellow Creek - Church where they had membership or were associated with

Other abbreviations:

d - days          w - weeks        m - months          

gp - grandparents        gf - grandfather       gm - grandmother

m. - Spouse 

F-in-L - Father in Law    M-in-L - Mother in Law   B-in-L - Brother in Law

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