18:30:12 From Jan Magnuson : how do I turn on my video 18:31:41 From Sharie Lieberg : Hello from Sharie in Oxnard, CA. Thanks for the opportunity to attend this session. 18:32:32 From Jennifer McDonald - CA : Hi Sharie, I am also in California … Central Valley. 18:32:58 From Pam : Hi everyone! Tuning in from Nova Scotia 18:33:13 From Pam : Howdy! 18:33:16 From Shirley Vivion : Shirley Vivion, sunny Thousand Oaks, California. 18:33:55 From Lisa - PA : Hello everyone! I'm joining from central PA. 18:34:23 From Robin McCarthy (Santa Barbara, CA) : Robin McCarthy from Santa Barbara, CA 18:34:52 From Nancy's iPad (2) : Hello from VA 18:35:05 From Rosalind Myers : Myers, Rosalind 18:35:13 From Chris Jenner : Greetings from North Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. 18:35:36 From Lynda Sampson : Greetings from Carson, CA 18:35:40 From Rosalind Myers : Myers, from Maryland 18:35:43 From Nancy's iPad (2) : Nancy Hoppe Nancy’s ipad 18:35:51 From Carol Brooks : Hello from New Braunfels, Texas 18:37:02 From CL : C L Miles from Los Angeles 18:37:24 From Melanie Armstrong : hi from Belleville, Illinois 18:37:35 From Susie Wilson, Pennsylvania : Hello from the Poconos in Pennsylvania 18:37:39 From Rita : Rita. Benafield Henard, Little Rock, AR 18:38:21 From Joelene Mack : Hi from Huntington Beach, California 18:38:27 From Barbara Foor Larson : Is there a handout? 18:38:42 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : https://heritageseekersar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Obit-Examples.docx.pdf https://heritageseekersar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CALS-Writing-Circle_-Obit-Template.pdf 18:38:58 From Bridget M. Jeffery : Bridget Jeffery, Edinboro, NW Pennsylvania 18:39:25 From Carla Coleman : Hello everyone 18:39:56 From Craig Siulinski : I believe the link you provided is only opening one of the handouts. 18:40:17 From Caroline Shultz to Heritage Seekers (Mary)(Direct Message) : https://heritageseekersar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CALS-Writing-Circle_-Obit-Template.pdf 18:40:39 From Caroline Shultz to Heritage Seekers (Mary)(Direct Message) : Obits: https://heritageseekersar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Obit-Examples.docx.pdf 18:42:08 From danaconway : Scottsdale, AZ 18:42:16 From danaconway : Bove 18:42:17 From Lynda Sampson : Lewis 18:42:17 From Sharie Lieberg : My mother's maiden name was Oxford. 18:42:26 From Craig Siulinski : Gagnon 18:42:27 From Carole Boone -AAGHSC : FISHER FROM EVANSTON ILLINOIS 18:42:35 From Carol Brooks : Meyer/Sievers 18:42:36 From Sharie Lieberg : Also, I lived in Jacksonville from 1961-1963 18:42:40 From Karen Kontrath : Hackworth 18:42:42 From Maureen Cole : Eleveld 18:42:42 From Chris Jenner : Anderson 18:42:45 From Nancy' HOPPE : Lang 18:42:45 From Cher Snyder - Athens GA : Greetings from Athens GA. Mother's maiden name: Heath 18:42:46 From Craig Siulinski to Caroline Shultz(Direct Message) : I believe the link you provided is only opening one of the handouts. 18:42:50 From Lisa Haas : Nahodil 18:43:01 From Caroline Shultz : https://heritageseekersar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Obit-Examples.docx.pdf 18:43:09 From Robin McCarthy (Santa Barbara, CA) : My maternal grandparents (Hestwood) lived in Bentonville. 18:43:15 From Jeanie Truesdell : Fea 18:43:21 From Craig Siulinski to Caroline Shultz(Direct Message) : Thanks 18:43:21 From karen mcandrew : Bellevue, Nebraska. mother's maiden name COX 18:43:27 From Jan Myers : Jan Myers from Colorado Springs, Co. Mother's maiden name Cobb, descended from Ambrose Cobbs from North Carolina. 18:43:29 From Carla Coleman : Carla Hines Coleman, Hegwood mothers maiden name 18:43:29 From Brenda Veerhusen : Pate and Williams from Ft Smith 18:43:33 From Susie Wilson, Pennsylvania : My connection to Arkansas is Mary. 18:43:42 From Kathy Treece : Am calling from Minneapolis, MN. Mother's maiden name is Hays. 18:43:43 From Rita : Rita Benafield Henard mom’s maiden name Beggs, maternal grandmother Cook, paternal grandmother Glover 18:43:43 From Pam Wile : No known Arkansas connections. Mother's maiden name is McCann 18:43:47 From Jackie Thornton : Good Evening Everyone! Jackie Thornton in Little Rock 18:43:53 From Caroline Shultz : 2nd one: https://heritageseekersar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CALS-Writing-Circle_-Obit-Template.pdf 18:44:00 From Cindy Conrad : No AR connections that I know of, but MMN was Lawson. Our family immigrated from UK in 1920’s to Chicago’s northern suburbs. 18:44:01 From Carol Brooks : From Arkansas: Whitfield, Clark 18:44:20 From Cher Snyder - Athens GA : How much are dues, please? 18:45:24 From Bridget M. Jeffery : Keller (Baden, Germany) & Seidl: (Bohemia, Austria): Mom's parents' surnames. No Arkansas connections, but unrelated Jeffery family from Arkansas has great records! 18:45:40 From Shirley Vivion : My connection right now is Mary.... I enjoy HS presentations. But I do have Easterlings who migrated through Arkansas. 18:47:04 From Caroline Shultz to Linda McKeen MN(Direct Message) : Thank you for the goodies sent! Mary dropped them off a bit back! So yummy! 18:48:16 From Linda McKeen MN to Caroline Shultz(Direct Message) : welcome! 18:48:45 From Ginney Pumphrey : Dues are $15 individual and $20 family. Send a check to PO Box 21452 Little Rock, AR 72221-1452. Or pay online on our website with PayPal. If using PayPal please use the "pay a friend" option to save us the fee. 18:49:46 From Chris Jenner : Replying to "Dues are $15 individ..." What's the email address for Paypal? 18:50:32 From Dixie Land : I used to write them for newspapers. 18:50:52 From Cindy Conrad : They are not easy to create for your mother 18:50:55 From Caroline Shultz : Replying to "Dues are $15 individ..." heritageseekers1@gmail.com 18:51:04 From Cher Snyder - Athens GA : Replying to "Dues are $15 individ..." website address, please? 18:51:05 From Lisa Haas : Replying to "Dues are $15 individ..." They are hard to write immediately after losing a loved one. 18:51:35 From Bridget M. Jeffery : They list survivors & their spouses, & sometimes, their current cities. They may describe the decedent's jobs & hobbies - and pets! 18:51:36 From Pam Wile : I wrote my mother's and plan to write my own. They used to be notices to let people know about the time and date of the funeral and to advise friends neighbours of the passing. 18:51:38 From Lynda Sampson : Documents that can have lots of mistakes! My brother and I were listed as deceased in our Aunt's obituary 18:52:10 From Robin McCarthy (Santa Barbara, CA) : Obituaries are a secondary source because they are likely written by someone without first-hand knowledge of the person; only second-hand as passed along through the family. All information may not be accurate. 18:52:12 From Caroline Shultz : https://heritageseekersar.com/ 18:52:37 From Pam Wile : It took me nearly three weeks to write my mother's. Having to gather all of the correct information. 18:52:42 From Ginney Pumphrey : Replying to "Dues are $15 individ..." the link is on our website. https://heritageseekersar.com/ 18:53:28 From Ginney Pumphrey : https://heritageseekersar.com/ 18:54:09 From Rita : I write obits of my family so I can put genealogy with the deceased family member. 18:55:17 From Pam Wile : They are expensive to have published in newspapers now 18:55:23 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : I wrote my brother's obit. He lived in Jacksonville, AR- his daughter lived in Jacksonville, FLORIDA. Someone "decided" the Florida part was wrong & changed it. 18:56:26 From Dixie Land : As a journalist, there's a difference between a featured (or detailed) headliner obit and "regular folks." 18:56:51 From Carla Coleman : Obits tell the birth, parents and family connection. Simple Life story of the deceased. I collect them 19:03:19 From Carla Coleman : Are they copyright? 19:05:19 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : www.HeritageSeekersAR.com 19:08:05 From Beth Snyder : We just had a death in the family and the mortuary charged more than the papers did.$250 for one paper and $350 for another. Same exact o it in both 19:08:58 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : Beth- Where is that? 19:10:10 From Caroline Shultz : We ended up not putting the obit in papers because of the price. Just had the one at the funeral home. 19:10:10 From Beth Snyder : Adam's county,PA -Gettysburg Times and Hanover Evening Sun 19:10:21 From Carla Coleman : I thought the family shared obituary at funeral and news paper printed announcement. 19:14:10 From Beth Snyder : We had no way to contact info for many relatives especially on short notice. The visitation was only a week after death and cremation , so we needed info deciminated quickly. 19:15:34 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : All the more reason to do it ahead of time. estate planning, etc 19:16:37 From Pam Wile : My cousins did not write an obit for my aunt. It will be difficult to find death information in future without obits and with privacy laws restricting death information. 19:17:58 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : I've heard complaints lately about "young folks" just not even thinking of doing it. Doesn't cross their mind. 19:23:22 From Shirley Vivion : Reacted to "I've heard complaint..." with 🤨 19:25:22 From Cindy Conrad : My favorite Eulogy was one written by the deceased and read by his closest friend from child hood who was given editorial license to embellish.. Our tears were as much from laughter at his hijinks as from sadness that his life was cut short by cancer. 19:26:15 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : I have done lots of eulogies. NOT your normal run of the mill ones...….. 19:26:42 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : I bring props! 19:27:11 From Pam Wile : The genealogist in me made me put the year of death in brackets after the names of those who predeceased them. 19:27:23 From Sharie Lieberg : Reacted to "The genealogist in m..." with 💗 19:32:33 From Carol Brooks : I’ve seen in some obituaries indicated written by (the deceased name) 19:32:40 From Susie Wilson, Pennsylvania : Obituary #5 sounds like some parted were influenced by Monty Python 19:33:23 From Lisa Haas : Reacted to "The genealogist in m..." with 💗 19:33:34 From Pam Wile : What do you think of obits that are written by people who clearly didn't like the deceased? 19:33:46 From Pam Wile : Yes 19:34:39 From Carolyn Leverich Atkinson : My father and I wrote his. His current wife refused to use it and they did not put it in the paper. I put it on findagrave 19:34:43 From Pam Wile : I've seen some lately written by children who were estranged from a parent and didn't hold back at all about how they felt. 19:35:28 From Carol Brooks : Another online obituary option is legacy.com - they do charge and will place the obituary in local newspapers for you as well. 19:35:51 From Carolyn Leverich Atkinson : I have an estranged daughter and she would write a horrible one of me 19:36:01 From CL Miles : No question but thank you for this lesson. I would like to add some details about our ancestors in my obituary. 19:36:01 From danaconway : We Remember is an Ancestry.com that is another place to post online 19:36:14 From Nancy' HOPPE : Through DNA testing 2 half sisters came together. The sister that was adopted out wants to mention both her birth and adopted families in her obit. 19:36:48 From Brenda Harris : Do you need to mention a marriage if you are divorced 19:37:14 From Cher Snyder - Athens GA : The template and examples are great - thanks for sharing them! 19:37:15 From Pam Wile : I found one in an historical paper that was retracted in a subsequent paper. It was a fake obit that was written so a man would think that the woman he had a crush on was deceased and would then go away. 19:37:15 From Nancy' HOPPE : Most of them are deceased except the siblings. 19:37:40 From Jeanie Truesdell : You did a great job of covering the basics. Thank you 19:37:51 From Carla Coleman : Reacted to "You did a great job …" with 👌 19:38:13 From Carol Brooks : Love that “a father of her children” 19:38:34 From Brenda Harris : Yes 19:39:26 From chicoyne : Great info. 19:43:15 From Chris Jenner : Thanks for getting some synapses to fire. I started writing my own about a year ago (not that I plan on needing it any time soon), and you provided great ideas on how to do it. My second HeritageSeekers webinar, and I will join for at least a year. 19:43:40 From Carol Brooks : Great presentation - thank you for spending time with us!! 19:46:00 From Carla Coleman : That same thing happened to me last year. I was shocked too 19:46:02 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : that was a HUGE problem on Find A Grave...... 19:47:04 From Carla Coleman : My mother was on find a grave 19:47:35 From Dixie Land : This is a big problem with the internet. Yes, newspapers today charge for obits, but as "newspapers of record." But as we all know, anyone can write, and post, anything they want. 19:48:29 From Carla Coleman : Reacted to "This is a big proble…" with 👌 19:49:10 From Pam Wile : You can ask FindAGrave to transfer family members memorials to you. 19:49:47 From Carla Coleman : Yes 19:49:53 From Shirley Vivion : Thank you for these great tips for obit writing! 19:50:09 From Pam Wile : The Titanic submersible victims were on FindAGrave and they hadn't even confirmed they were dead. 19:50:52 From Carla Coleman : Reacted to "The Titanic submersi…" with 😵 19:51:45 From Pam Wile : They weren't even confirmed dead though. 19:52:42 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : You can merge memorials 19:56:23 From Pam Wile : I approved the proof of my mother's but when they published it, they had her first name wrong. It was $700 and they wanted ME to pay to have it published correctly the next day. Needless to say, I won out. But it's there forever now. 19:58:19 From Pam Wile : I agree 19:59:07 From chicoyne : Very helpful. Thank you. 19:59:14 From Nancy' HOPPE : Thank you very much. 19:59:15 From Pam Wile : Thank you for spending time to give us information on how to get the job done. 19:59:20 From Sharie Lieberg : Thanks so much! 19:59:53 From Dixie Land : Thanks, Deb. Being prepared and keeping a level head at such a terrible time is a gift. 20:00:01 From Carla Coleman : Thank and I enjoyed reading obits 20:00:11 From Heritage Seekers (Mary) : the lady I am fussing about has like 24,000 memorials 20:00:26 From Bridget M. Jeffery : Thank you, Deb and Heritage Seekers! 20:01:31 From Lynda Sampson : Thank you Heritage Seekers and Deb Moore for an informative presentation! 20:03:16 From Cher Snyder - Athens GA : Love the presentations Heritage Seekers offers! Looking forward to the next time. 20:03:38 From Carla Coleman : Reacted to "Love the presentatio…" with 👌 20:03:44 From Jan Magnuson : Thank you everyone! Very interesting! 20:03:51 From Caroline Shultz : thank you! 20:05:19 From Deb Moore at CALS : https://www.amazon.com/2022-Anthology-Memoir-Writing-Circle/dp/B0BMNKQYVV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1CO3S4V586ML5&keywords=2022+anthology+of+memoir+writing&qid=1687827905&sprefix=2022+anthology+of+memoir+writing%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-1 20:05:36 From Dixie Land : I took the class and really enjoyed it. Thanks, again! 20:05:46 From iPhone : This is wonderful thanks Deb. 20:07:54 From Alfreda Brown : I took the class for seniors. I will use some of the information for my obituary. Great class 20:08:46 From Brenda Veerhusen : Thank you Deb