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Over 1700 names added to Fargo Forum Obituary Index

February 25th, 2009

Thanks to the indexing work of volunteer Elaine Linke of Fargo, 1,725 additional entries have been added to the Fargo Forum Obituary Index database. The new entries cover the period of April 1908 to August 10, 1909. it continues her earlier indexing that begins with the 1892 Fargo Forum. Her indexing includes both published obituaries as well as notices of death. Currently the database has over 73,000 entries.

The Institute for Regional Studies has a complete run of the Fargo Forum newspaper up to December 2002 and are available for public use. The Institute does provide a copy service for obituaries as well as other articles found in the newspaper. Contact information is provided on the database site.

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