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How to Find Words of Sympathy after the Death of a Loved One
Sympathy words handwritten in sympathy cards or letters offer comfort to someone who has recently lost a loved one. Here are some tips for finding the right sympathy words and what to include in your sympathy message.
Submitted 06/29/09.
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Sympathy Words: Writing Words of Sympathy and Comfort
Sympathy words of comfort for the bereaved can come in the form of sympathy cards or letters. All it takes is a little empathy and some reflection. This article presents a guide to writing the right sympathy words.
Submitted 06/18/09.
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How to Use Obituaries to Create a Family Timeline
A family timeline is a valuable way to piece together important historical events in your family's history. Usually the year and the date as well as a brief description of the event are included. Here are some tips for creating your family timeline.
Submitted 06/12/09.
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Speeches - The Rules for Using Humor in Speeches
Even in the extemporaneous speech that you give as part of a school requirement or the eulogy that you are offering for a special person in your life, you ought to inject some kind of humor to break the sad or somber mood of your audience.
Submitted 05/25/09.
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Newspaper Obituaries are Disappearing! Why Does It Matter?
Anyone involved in genealogy research or anyone who reads obituaries has surely noticed that the newspaper obituary sections are getting smaller and smaller every year. It has been going on for at least a decade, and it is only getting worse.
Submitted 05/12/09.
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How to Maximize the Genealogical Value of Obituaries
We all think differently and we all have different ways of processing information, which makes genealogy and ancestry research very confusing. Historians and various family members keep records in different ways. How can you sort through everything?
Submitted 05/01/09, edited 07/09/09.
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How Genealogists Use Obituaries to Search Online Ancestors
Obituaries are the final report on the life of an individual and contain details about that person's life that may not appear anywhere else. Each obituary is different, but the basic research plan outlined in this article can work for all of them.
Submitted 04/24/09, edited 07/09/09.
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Where to Find Obituaries Online
If you have lost touch with a part of your family or you are looking for ancestral ties, the best place to start looking is in newspaper obituaries. Surviving family is listed and you can contact these people directly. This article explains how.
Submitted 04/13/09, edited 07/09/09.
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How to Handle Delicate Issues When Writing Obituaries
The circumstances of someone's life and death are not always easy to talk about - especially in an obituary that could be the only article ever written about someone, and used for generations to come for genealogical purposes. What do you say?
Submitted 03/28/09, edited 07/09/09.
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Important Obituary Writing Tips
Are you faced with the seemingly impossible task of preparing an obituary? There are many things to keep in mind; these obituary writing tips will help you complete the obituary accurately and with a focus more on the life than the death.
Submitted 03/11/09, edited 07/09/09.
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What do I Write in an Obituary?
An obituary is a notice that announces the death of someone with a description of the person's life and list of family members. Before you start, you need to know what to write in an obituary and what the newspaper allows.
Submitted 03/05/09, edited 07/09/09.
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Here Are Five Ways to Bring Healing in Commemoration
Whether it is a cross or a rainbow, we all need something in our lives when a loved one dies. We need to arrive at a place of rest and peace, and to go on with our lives, whether we are 6 years old or 60. Here are 5 ways to commemorate a loved one.
Submitted 02/03/09.
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Sympathy Flowers: Choosing a Floral Arrangement
Funeral flowers show our love, respect, and affection - both for those who have passed from this life and for those left behind. They are a source of comfort and beauty, and represent the continuation of life even though a death has touched us.
Submitted 01/20/09.
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Give a Eulogy Speech That Will Be Remembered for Years
One of the most poignant memories a person can have is a eulogy speech for a loved one. Perhaps this article will help you to deliver such a eulogy speech. It discusses preparing for, writing, and then delivering the eulogy speech.
Submitted 01/02/09.
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The Very Last Thing You Can Do for Your Family
The burden of funeral arrangements and costs will fall on the next of kin if we die with no prior arrangements in place through a will. This all comes at a time when our loved ones really do not have the emotional capabilities for it.
Submitted 12/19/08.
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Doing the Right Thing after Death - Are You Prepared?
Whatever your culture or wealth, writing a will is always advisable and this can be done quite simply, but it is always worth good legal advice. Making a will means different things to different people in different countries. This article explains.
Submitted 12/04/08.
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Ten Important Things to Know When Ordering Funeral Flowers
Avoid mistakes by acting purely on impulse and emotion. If you need to order sympathy flowers and want to make sure that you get the best flowers at the right price, then read the ten insider tips presented in this article.
Submitted 11/21/08.
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Set Up a Memorial Tribute with Personalized Wind Chimes
Memorials for a loved one may include many aspects, but they all have something special that reminds us of the person lost. Personalizing a memento allows us to take that special memory and engrave it onto something tangible.
Submitted 11/12/08.
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Explaining the Cremation Process from Start to Finish
The burning of the body of a deceased is practiced in many cultures around the world. The ashes of the deceased are either scattered or stored. This article explains some other facts about cremation of which you may not be aware.
Submitted 11/05/08, edited 11/05/08.
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After Parents Die - How Can You Accept the Changes?
Parents are often the glue that hold family traditions, communication, and the memories of childhood together and when they are gone, so often go the opportunities for gathering. You can never 'go home' for holidays. How do you deal with this?
Submitted 10/30/08.
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