Need help finding an obituary for Thomas J. Moore who died April 20, 1960 in West Palm Beach. Thanks so much.

The Palm Beach obit index does not have a Thomas J Moore, 1960 listed.
Good Hunting,
Frank

Thank you for checking. I'm surprised he isn't there. I appreciate your time.

Hi.

I'm not familiar with the "Palm Beach obit index." I believe the obituary index at America's Obituaries and Death Notices, through the Palm Beach County Library portal (Electronic Databases) at http://www.pbclibrary.org/, begins in 1985 for Palm Beach County.

There is a Thomas J. Moore who died in April 1960 in Palm Beach County in the Florida Death Index (Ancestry.com).

I suggest you contact the Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County at ancestry@bellsouth.net and request a lookup.

Good luck.

Bonnie

Thank you. I already did and got the obituary. Unfortunately there was absolutely no information in it. Only his name and the date & time of the funeral. Thanks again.

Have you considered ordering Mr. Moore's death certificate ($5) from the State of Florida at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics/de...?

Bonnie

Yes. Did that too. Unfortunately the informant didn't know much. The information I was looking for wasn't there. I haven't given up, though.

Have you seen him on the Florida State 1945 or 1935 census? You can browse the images only at http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#... so you'd have to know where he was in 1935/1945. Would seeing him in the city directories be helpful? Have you searched for him at Ancestry.com? If you don't have a subscription, you could still get an idea of where he might have been by the search results. Alternately, you could search Ancestry.com Library Edition at a library. Depending on where you are, you might want to check with the library first, to see if they subscribe to Ancestry. Ancestry has digital images of WWI and WWII draft registration cards.

Have you thought about obtaining his birth certificate? You could find out the names of his parents and possibly his siblings and get information about him that way.

Have you also tried searching for him at WorldConnect at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi? Perhaps someone else has researched his family and listed him.

It sounds like you have already done a lot, so I hope some of this helps.

Bonnie

Bonnie...You're suggestions have all be very helpful. I'll try the latest and see what comes up. Thank you so much.

What information are you looking for?

Familysearch.org has his parents as John Robert Moore b. 23 Nov 1834 Washington, Ky. d. 2 Jun 1918; Elizabeth Godby b. 2 May 1842 Ky. d. 5 Mar 1929

Wife Mary Corilla Bohannon b. 25 Nov 1877 Shelby County, Ky. d. 6 Sept 1938 West Palm Beach; burial Woodlawn Cemetery