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Charges
for Obituaries
from
the Burlington Free Press
We have the Burlington
Free Press on microfilm from April 1848 until the present and will send a print
from the microfilm.
Please note:
- Provide the
individual's first and last name, and the day, month & year of
death.
- If the date of
death is not known, we cannot do the search.
You may contact the Vermont Vital Records office to have a search
done for a death record, which will have the date of death on it.
There is a fee for this service:
http://healthvermont.gov/
For date of death
after January 1, 1871:
- We will check
seven days of newspapers,
starting with the day after the person's death.
- The fee is required in
advance and is non-refundable, even if the search does not
result in locating an obituary.
For date of death
after January 1, 1939:
- The charge is $2.00,
non-refundable, paid in advance for each name.
For date of death
between January 1, 1871 and January 1, 1939:
- Select obituaries
appeared in an "Obituary" section of the paper, but death notices
or reports of funerals were often included in each town's news section.
For death dates within this range, please provide the name of the
Vermont town where the person died in addition to the first and last names
of the individual, and the day, month, and year of death.
- The charge is $5.00,
non-refundable, paid in advance for each name.
For date of death
between April, 1848 and January 1, 1871:
- The Burlington Free
Press lists death notices within this date range in index form.
We do not charge for checking the index to see if a name is listed.
If the name is listed in the index, the charge is $2.00 for a
copy of the obituary. (Please
note that often these obituaries are simply notices that say: "Died.
John Smith, age 72, Aug. 28, 1862" and do not give any other
information.)
Please make check
payable to Fletcher Free Library and send or deliver to:
Reference
Department
Fletcher
Free Library
235
College Street
Burlington,
VT 05401
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