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DEATH - certificates, gravestones, and obituaries

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You live as long as

you are remembered.

 

~ Russian Proverb ~

State-level registration of deaths began in 1913.  Death certificates (1909-1975) and death indexes (1908-2004) can be found at Ancestry.com.  Obituaries (1787-present) from various newspapers are available at GenealogyBank.com.  The virtual cemeteries at FindAGrave.com have final disposition information and some memorials include photos and bios.

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I am the great-great-great granddaughter of Nathaniel Sims.  This website contains information about his life and details of his descendants.   Nathaniel Sims was born about 1794 in Wake County, North Carolina.  He was a farmer and also Justice of the Peace.  Nathaniel had five children with his first wife, Prudence Killough: James Anderson Sims, Rebecca Sue Sims, Samuel Killough Sims, Prudence N. Sims and Harriate Sims. He had three children by his second wife, Mary A. Morrison: Ann Mozelle Sims, Nathaniel McCamie Sims, and William M. Sims.  Nathaniel Sims passed away on 1 September 1968 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.  Some of his descendants continue living in North Carolina today.
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