im trying to find an obiturary for someone i dont know when they died but i know name and where the they lived
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You might want to try Ancestry.com. If it's not there, the best way is to contact the public library in the town where they lived. Contact info at the second link below.
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http://www.zabasearch.com
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You can try on http://www.zoominfo.com/ if you know your friend's name and surname, you can also consult the birth register in your town or even online (try to yahoo "birth register records"). You can otherwise go to http://records.com/default.php , but I think you may have to pay something for that service.
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If you're looking for a famous people who died, I would suggest you use http://www.celebritydeathbeeper.com/
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go to that persons place of death (courthouse) and inquire as a family member. access public records under that name
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Have you tried the newspapers that would have had his obituary published within a week of this death?  They usually have a photo.  The local library where you are could help you with some research assistance.  You should also contact the coroners office.  You're lucky because 23 years is not a long time & you should have better luck than most people finding something.  There should be some public record photos that may take a court order to get, like his Drivers Liscense photo.
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Search funeral home records in the area his father was buried. Also you can search cemetery transcripts. I looked him up on may different search engines but could not find him. Maybe you could search the obituaries in the areas around where he was buried.
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if you know the city,state,date,etc.. most have info in the papers about it. try looking at there local papers website or archive about it. other then calling the family.
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http://www.burialdocumentsof1823.com
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most counties or states have public records. You can usually do a search on that on-line. I have personally tracked several people that way. There is also www.familysearch.org. It will only search for deceased relatives, but you might be able to find someone close to where he is then go from there. you can search census records as well on that sight. There is info on how to do it. good luck.
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Contact a local public library.  If his obituary was listed in a newspaper, they might just have the issue that it was in.  \n\nGood luck!
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go to zabasearch, you can get some people's birthdays
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http://www.pwwew.net/people/dead.htm
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Try http://www.zabasearch.com
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You could try www.friendsreunited.com
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There's a chance you can find them through www.Ancestry.com , You'd have to pay for it.  There is also a chance, depending on where and when they were born and died that you can obtain them through the town hall in the city where they were born.
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Ask her family.  If that's not feasible, look for the obituary, which may include that info. Sorry for your loss.