to Pennsylvanian Genealogy experts…I Give Up?
A Top Contributor, Wendy C in genealogy suggested I put this name out to see if anyone could help me find an obituary, cause of death , place of burial, or place of death as I have tried many avenues and can find nothing…Anthony J Vinnick,date of death Nov.9th 1992 date of birth Aug 28 1936 last residence Effort Pennsylvania/DOB may also be Sep 29 1935 but we are very sure this has been a recorded error
OH MY GOSH…i’m going to cry! I have tried so hard to find something with what little I know about websites etc. Your info has got to be right. Yes he has lived there also but all I have ever had is what Intelius has given me. I am from Canada I’ll see what I can do next. Any further info will be appreciated from any one. Thank you so so so so so MUCH!!!
Now what? Why can’t I type anything into the form for centrecountygenealogy…I’m lost again.
I’m in Texas, BUT have found him listed in an obituary index at this URL: www.eastonpl.org/ObitPDF/1992.pdf
The PDF displays this information:
Vinnick Anthony 11/11/1992 C-11 (meaning that his obituary was on page C-11 of the 11/11/1992 newspaper)
That website is for the Easton Area Public Library (515 Church Street, Easton, PA 18042 – 3587 phone 610-258-2917)
Perhaps you are in that area, or a phone call to the library could get further help. (The library’s website requires a local library card to search their online databases).
Best of luck, I hope that helps!
added later:
No need to cry, I’m just glad I could help! :o)
There is a newspaper in Easton called Easton Express-Times, but their obituary archives are only back to 2004 online. (see http://www.eastonpl.org/obituary_index.htm, they provide instructions on how to obtain actual copies of obituaries in the index).
Check out this site, it lets you submit a request to Pennsylvania Obituary Lookup Volunteers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obitl/volpa.html?cj=1&o_xid=0001177077&o_lid=0001177077
I think you’re almost there! Don’t EVER give up! :o)
I’m in Texas, BUT have found him listed in an obituary index at this URL: http://www.eastonpl.org/ObitPDF/1992.pdf
The PDF displays this information:
Vinnick Anthony 11/11/1992 C-11 (meaning that his obituary was on page C-11 of the 11/11/1992 newspaper)
That website is for the Easton Area Public Library (515 Church Street, Easton, PA 18042 – 3587 phone 610-258-2917)
Perhaps you are in that area, or a phone call to the library could get further help. (The library’s website requires a local library card to search their online databases).
Best of luck, I hope that helps!
added later:
No need to cry, I’m just glad I could help! :o)
There is a newspaper in Easton called Easton Express-Times, but their obituary archives are only back to 2004 online. (see http://www.eastonpl.org/obituary_index.htm, they provide instructions on how to obtain actual copies of obituaries in the index).
Check out this site, it lets you submit a request to Pennsylvania Obituary Lookup Volunteers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obitl/volpa.html?cj=1&o_xid=0001177077&o_lid=0001177077
I think you’re almost there! Don’t EVER give up! :o)
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http://www.ancestry.com–Social Security Death Index
Name: Anthony Vinnick
SSN: 154-28-8225
Born: 29 Sep 1935
Died: 9 Nov 1992
State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (1954-1955 )
U.S. Public Records Index
Name: Anthony J Vinnick
Residence: Effort, Monroe, Pennsylvania
Phone/address directories, 1993-2002 show listings for him
(unless it is someone with same name) in 1994 ,1995, 1996 ,1997 & 1998 at same address.
The local newspaper for Effort, PA is the Topix. You can
email them at info@topix.com. I tried to look up their archives to see about an obituary, but got no response.
http://www.findagrave.com lists this:
Effort Cemetery
Monroe County ,Pennsylvania
(But only 6 people are listed as buried there, none named Vinnick. Of course, the listings are submitted by other people)
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Yep, yep. We have a mighty fine team over here, I do believe. *grin*
and yeah, it almost made me cry too when Terri B crashed one of my own longest standing brick walls, and I didn’t even post the name as a question.. she picked it up out of an ANSWER of mine. Jan posts tons of help for people.
I just googled a map of Effort, PA.. which looks to be a tiny wide spot in the road. The obit should provide name of the funeral home that handled your person. I’ve always gotten TONS of help from funeral directors.
Hang out and play… we do have fun here.
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Here’s a link to the Centre Co Genealogy Society. They have a very nice offer that for $5 they’ll give you a 1/2 hour of research and up to 5 pages of copied material. So they could copy your Anthony’s obituary and any other writeups in the newspaper about his death and mail them to you. That’s a very good deal. http://www.centrecountygenealogy.org/
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