Dead-a-base

Simple Search:

Last Name: First Name: Date of Death: All1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Search

Please note some changes to our obituary service beginning in June, 2011.

What is the Dead-a-Base?
The Dead-a-Base is a database index of the obituary and death notice listings as they appeared in the Latrobe Bulletin from their first issue December 18, 1902 to the present.

The index contains names, dates of death and dates on which the obituary appeared. This index does not contain the text of the information contained within an obituary. It simply allows researchers to determine if any obituary or death notice appeared in the Bulletin and what date it appeared on. In order to access information contained within an actual obituary, you will still need to access our microfilm and archive of the Bulletin.

Where do the index listings come from?
A dedicated squadron of library volunteers, led by Milton Radman, has painstakingly hand-entered information from 100 years of obituaries as they appeared in the Latrobe Bulletin. These volunteers searched literally page by page, day by day, through every issue available on microfilm and entered the names and dates into the computer. From there it is reformatted and entered into this database. At this time, the obituaries are not available in digital form.

What dates are indexed?
December 18, 1902 to present.

What information is available in this database?
Currently, the volunteers have only entered names as they appeared in the paper, dates of death, and dates on which the obituary occurred.

If you need more information, such as that which is typically contained in the full text of an obituary, you can access the microfilm directly to obtain the full text. If you cannot come to the library to use our microfilm in person, please see our section below regarding mail service.

Obtaining Copies/Fees

At this time, you may get up to 10 searches per year for free.  For 11 or more searches, you will be charged $1.00 each.

You may email any questions about the service to askadams@adamslib.org.  Please be aware that some email programs may block the reply as spam–you must add our address to your address book or check your junk email.

To send requests by regular mail, please use the following address:

Adams Memorial Library
ATTN. George Hamilton
1112 Ligonier St.
Latrobe, PA 15650

Notices are usually processed in 1 - 3 weeks depending on the volume of requests.

I can't find the obituary I'm looking for. What do I do now?
Please note: the Latrobe Bulletin did not necessarily run an obituary or death notice for every individual. At present, the Latrobe Bulletin is the only newspaper indexed in the Dead-a-Base.  The paper only covered deaths within a few miles of Latrobe.  Also, the name may have had an error in the spelling.  If you have a year of death, staff can check a printed list to see if there is a close match..

Questions?
If you have questions about the Dead-a-Base you can email us at askadams@adamslib.org

Disclaimers
The contents of the Dead-a-base is the sole property of Adams Memorial Library and may not be used or reproduced without express written and prior permission.

Adams Memorial Library is not connected with the Latrobe Bulletin. The Library takes sole responsibility for the contents of the Dead-a-Base database. Likewise, the Library is not responsible for the contents of obituaries or death notices as printed in the Bulletin.

Names and dates are transcribed as they appeared in the Latrobe Bulletin. While we do our best to maintain an accurate index, we cannot be responsible for any errors printed in the Latrobe Bulletin. We do not verify the information in the Latrobe Bulletin from any other source. If you find an error in our index, please report it to us at askadams@adamslib.org or call the library at 724-539-1972.