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Another source you might try is the Wabash Valley Obituary Index at
http://165.138.44.12/
(also can get to it through Vigo County's INGenWeb page, or the Vigo County Public
Library page at
http://www.vigo.lib.in.us under "Online Databases"). It is a
searchable index of all obituaries published in Terre Haute newspapers from 1900 to 1966,
and 2000 to 2003. I recently stumbed across this treasure, and it's been invaluable
in my Clay Co. research.
While the Terre Haute papers usually had notoriously brief obituaries, the papers were
VERY good about reporting deaths in the areas surrounding Vigo Co. Often a brief obituary
in a T.H. newspaper is by-lined "Brazil", which then leads me to the (usually)
MUCH more detailed obituary in the Brazil Daily Times from that day or the day before.
The Vigo Co. index also contains instructions on how to order obituary copies from the
T.H. papers for a very modest fee.
Hope others find this database as helpful as I have! Happy hunting!