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The death notices found in The Democratic Sentinel, a Bloomsburg weekly newspaper, come from the dates listed below. There are more issues of the newspapers available for some years than others, and a few years will have occasional issues missing. Approximately 13,000 entries exist in the database. The Society is very much indebted to the extensive work of Steve Wiist in developing this database.

1863: July 5, 1863

1893: Entire year

1872: June 7, 1872

1894: Entire year

1873: April 25, May 10, September 12-26, October 31, and December 26, 1873

1895: Entire year

1874: January 16, February 13-March 13, March 27, April 10, May 8 – 15, July 3 – August 7, August 21-October 16, October 30-November 6, November 20, and December 4 – 11

1896: Entire year

1875: March 19, April 9, May 28, July 9 – July 16, July 30, August 20 –27, September 17, and October 1

1897: Entire year

1876: February 18, April 28, May 12, 1876, May 12, June 9, June 23, July 7 – August 11, August 25 – October 13, and October 27 – December 22

1898: Entire year

1877: April 6, April 27, May 25, July 20, August 31, September 24, December 7, and December 21

1899: Entire year

1878: January 11, January 25, February 8, and October 3 – December 27

1900: Entire year

1879: Entire year

1901: Entire year

1880: Entire year

1902: Entire year

1881: Entire year

1903: Entire year

1882: Entire year

1904: Entire year

1883: Entire year

1905: Entire year

1884: Entire year

1906: To August 31

1885: Entire year

1907: March 5, 1907 – to the end of the year.

1886: January 1 – March 26, and April 9 – September 17

1908: Entire year

1889: July 5 – to the end of the year

1909: Entire year

1890: Entire year

1910: Entire year

1891: Entire year

1911: Entire year

1892: Entire year

1912: To June 28

 

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REQUESTS FOR OBITUARIES AND MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, COLUMBIAN, AND THE DEMOCRATIC SENTINEL NEWSPAPERS

Remember, to view this data on microfilm visit the Andruss Library on the campus of Bloomsburg University.  Can't visit?  Click on our "Research Request" tab on the left.  

There is a search fee to find an obituary or marriage notice for a specific person. In order to reduce the amount of time needed to search for each name, please list the dates of the searches in chronological order according to the newspaper. Please see the example listed below. Your cooperation will be very helpful and appreciated. Every effort will be made to send the paper copies of the searches you requested within two to three weeks. All search requests should be sent to the Columbia County Historical & Genealogy Society, 225 Market Street, P.O. Box 360, Bloomsburg, PA 17815-0360.

Example:

Newspaper Name

Name of Person

Death or Marriage Date

Newspaper Date

Page / Column 

Columbia Democrat Wilson, John 1837-July-8 1837 - July - 12 3-2
Columbia Democrat Lemon, James 1842-Dec - 31 1843 - Jan -4  5-1
Columbia Democrat Dildine, Harriet 1860 – March - 17 1860 - March -19 2-3
Columbia Democrat Anderson, Robert 1863 – April – 11 1863 - April - 13 2-4
Columbian Sharpless, Edwin Grant 1870 - April - 22 1870 - April - 25 3-1
Columbian Reimensnyder, Annie 1893 – October – 6 1893 - October - 8 4-2
The Democratic Sentinel   Kocher, James 1895 – Jan. – 4 1895 - Jan - 5 6-2
The Democratic Sentinel    Brobst, John 1901 – Feb. – 2 1901 - Feb - 4 3-2
The Democratic Sentinel   Albertson, David   1911 – July – 4 1911 - July 7 3-2
 

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