Index to The Bradford Era Obituaries 1935-1995
Submit an obituary request
How To Obtain Full Image Of Obituary
Price Per Obituary: $5.00
Maximum Number of Obituaries per Request: 4
When Can Additional Requests be Made if I Want More Than 4? 2 Weeks
How Do I Pay? Check or Money Order
Made Payable To? Bradford Landmark Society
Where Do I Mail My Payment? PO Box 1021, Bradford PA 16701
How Will I Receive The Obituaries? Printed copies via U.S. Mail. Be sure we have your mailing address.
What if I don't find a name on the Obituary Index? If you believe an obituary was printed in The Bradford Era for your individual (in the range of 1878 - current), please contact us with name(s) and date(s) before sending payment. We will look for your individual(s) and advise.
How Long Will It Take to Receive My Copy(ies)? It depends on the number of requests currently being handled. We strive for no longer than 3 weeks turn-around time.
THE ACCURACY OF THIS INDEX:
There are known issues with this index such as misspellings and omission of individuals whose obituaries appeared on the front page. This index was started as a personal project for in-house use only. When internet genealogical research became popular, the decision was made to place this index on our website despite its shortcomings. The index had been through many transitions up to that point, Commodore 64 to Windows 95 and Windows 98, and Windows XP. When updating from our old website to the current website, we found we were unable to transfer the index. We didn't have a complete copy available in our archives. Fortunately, the McKean County page on the US GenWeb had a copy in place on their site and they have graciously allowed us to link to that page.
It is our intention to gather the remnants of the index existing on several PCs, floppy disks, and flash drives, put them back together, make corrections and additions, and ultimately post the entire index directly on this site. As is often the case with volunteer organizations, we lack the hours and occasionally the expertise to accomplish this. Anyone in the Bradford, PA area with experience in data entry using Microsoft Excel, willing to spend a significant amount of time looking through our newspapers and microfilm at the public library and proofreading is greatly needed to make this project come to fruition. Please contact us.
This index is not to be used, nor was intended to be used, as legal proof of a death, spelling of names, age, residence, etc. For any individual we have offended due to the mistakes and omissions in this index, we apologize.
An example of data that will be added to the index
(The full image of the obituary is NOT available on-line)
General Research
Typically $10.00. If your project involves more than an hour of time, we may ask a modest fee above this. Please feel free to inquire by email or telephone us at (814) 362-3906 on Monday, Wednesday or Friday from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
If in doubt on any charge, don't hesitate to ask.
First Families of Tuna Valley Index
(A collection which preserves the history of the earliest settlers in the Bradford area.)
Local Genealogy Page
(An important resource aid in for genealogical research for the Bradford, PA area.)
Cemetery Headstone Index
(Oak Hill, Littleton (Old Bradford Cemetery), St. Bernard Catholic, Willow Dale, Mckean Memorial Park)