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(Found in Illinois) This card has a has a dove decorative design.

Copyrighted 1898 by H.F.Wendell,Leipsic,O.

Funeral cards often contain both the Birth date and Death date and can be used as a substitute for vital records. (Well technically they are not a substitute for vital records as the person giving the info might not have known for sure when the deceased was born or died. But it's a good place to start.) If you want to know more about what things qualify as a true Vital Records there is a good article at the Olive Tree.

Unfortunately these valuable resources are scattered and there has not been a single repository for this valuable free genealogy resource until now. It is my intention to create the largest funeral card database.

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