Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania) Newspaper Obituaries (2010 - Current)

The Daily Item obituary archives can be a key resource for anyone looking to explore their family roots in Pennsylvania. It’s useful to learn how to navigate this rich resource that contains information from newspapers across the country.

Why looking through the Daily Item obituaries can be beneficial:

• You can uncover different branches of your family tree.
• It can help you connect with distant family members.
• You can learn about the lives of your ancestors.
• By exploring our detailed records online, you'll have access to almost 150 years of local history.

How to Search the Daily Item Obituary Archives

Simply enter the last name of the relative you're researching and click “Search.”

For more detailed searches, follow these steps:

• Begin with the first and last names of your relative. If you know their middle name, include it to get more precise results.
• Use specific keywords, like a school or hometown, to narrow your search.
• Exclude certain words to avoid results that aren't related to your family.
• Add a year range to help distinguish between people with the same name.
• Change how you sort the results to see the best matches or the newest or oldest entries first.

Some tips to improve your search:

• Start with what you know about more recent family members to trace back to older generations.
• Try searching with initials, as older records might not use full names.
• If you're looking for information about a female relative, try searching using her husband’s name.
• Look for common misspellings since names weren’t always recorded correctly.

Other resources to explore:

• Historical U.S. newspapers
• Vital records (births, marriages, deaths)
• Passenger lists and government documents
• Cultural and ancestry-specific records
  

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