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Genealogy-ObituaryDailyTimes-0.14
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NAME

Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes - Lookup an entry in the Obituary Daily Times

VERSION

Version 0.14

SYNOPSIS

use Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes;
my $info = Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes->new();
# ...

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new

Creates a Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes object.

Accepts the following optional arguments:

  • directory - The directory containing the file obituaries.sql

  • logger - An object to send log messages to

Supports two return modes:

  • List context

    Returns an array of hash references.

  • Scalar context

    Returns a single hash reference.

my $obits = Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes->new();

# Returns an array of hashrefs
my @smiths = $obits->search(last => 'Smith');	# You must at least define the last name to search for

print $smiths[0]->{'first'}, "\n";

AUTHOR

Nigel Horne, <njh at bandsman.co.uk>

BUGS

Ancestry has removed the archives. The first 17 pages are on Wayback machine, but the rest is lost.

SEE ALSO

The Obituary Daily Times, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~obituary/, Archived Rootsweb data, https://wayback.archive-it.org/20669/20231102044925/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=gen-obit, Recent data https://www.freelists.org/list/obitdailytimes, Older data https://obituaries.rootsweb.com/obits/searchObits.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes

You can also look for information at:

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2020-2025 Nigel Horne.

This program is released under the following licence: GPL2