What happens if somebody lies in an obituary? [more inside]
posted by Shepherd on Oct 30, 2009 - 10 answers

I found a neat antique book, and now I've tracked down its old owner. He's dead. Should I offer to give it to his children? [more inside]
posted by Salvor Hardin on Jul 25, 2009 - 26 answers

MySpace question (which, forgive me, is probably easy to answer but I'm in a bit of a crisis): is there a way to send a message to ALL of one user's friends OR can you suggest a way to quickly contact many users about a funeral/memorial service? [more inside]
posted by tristeza on Nov 14, 2008 - 11 answers

Earlier this year, my cousin shot himself. I'd been estranged from him for several years, but we used to be close. How do I go about getting information about his death and about the last few years of his life? [more inside]
posted by desjardins on Dec 28, 2007 - 7 answers

If my maternal grandfather was my (alleged?) great-grandfather's biological son, why would his last name be different from both of his parents'? [more inside]
posted by dumbledore69 on Sep 25, 2007 - 11 answers

A member of my community has recently died from cancer. I offered to design an invitation for his wake and could use some guidance. [more inside]
posted by a_green_man on Jul 17, 2007 - 5 answers

I know someone's date of birth, date of death, the U.S. state they died in (Washington) -- but not the county -- and their SSN. How do I find out what happened to them? [more inside]
posted by Karlos the Jackal on May 3, 2007 - 15 answers

Looking for an obituary for an acquanitence that passed away on May 5, 2006 in Minervaplein (Holland, Europe). [more inside]
posted by seinfeld on May 6, 2006 - 11 answers

Has Carlos Fuentes' daughter died?
posted by callicles on Aug 25, 2005 - 9 answers

Are newspaper obituaries always provided by the family, or in the event where one has no family, are there people who write them? If so, does anyone have any experience or second hand stories concerning writing them? [more inside]
posted by xmutex on May 18, 2005 - 20 answers

Is there a way, without constant human intervention, to (1) mine either Google News, Yahoo News, or the AP for new obituaries and (2) drop the name, age, blurb, and URL into a database? [more inside]
posted by PrinceValium on Jan 23, 2004 - 5 answers