![]() The publication of obituaries has become customary over the past 200 years, and the documentation has offered extensive background information on the life and the family of the deceased for at least the last 100 years. In fact, up until even more recently then that, obituaries were considered the main way to find out about the death of someone, especially an acquaintance, an old teacher, etc. Just 20 years ago, this wasn't considered normal. ![]() ![]() Instead, the information is usually delivered to them in other ways. As a result, people no longer wait for obituaries to get information about someone's passing. Now, when someone we know (or know of) passes away, phones will begin buzzing with the information faster that it ever could have circulated through a small-town rumor mill. What used to require students to crack open an encyclopedia or head to the library is now often available with the tap of a smart phone. ![]() The digital age has swept in and changed the way the world thinks about access to information. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming ![]()
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