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GenealogyBank adds 9 newspapers from 6 states

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GenealogyBank is expanding it’s coverage adding 9 newspapers from 6 states: California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri and North Carolina

California
Daily Independent (Ridgecrest, CA)
Obituaries: 04/11/2009 – Current
Death Notices: 04/07/2009 – Current

Colorado
Bent County Democrat (Las Animas, CO)
Obituaries: 04/13/2009 – Current
Death Notices: 04/07/2009 – Current

Illinois
Clay County Advocate-Press (Flora, IL)
Obituaries: 04/10/2009 – Current
Death Notices: 03/27/2009 – Current

News Tribune (La Salle, IL)
Obituaries: 12/02/1997 – Current
Death Notices: 09/24/1997 – Current

Massachusetts
Raynham Call (Raynham, MA)
Obituaries: 07/10/2007 – Current
Death Notices: 04/18/2007 – Current

Missouri
Boonville Daily News (Boonville, MO)
Obituaries: 04/06/2008 – Current
Death Notices: 04/02/2008 – Current

Constitution-Tribune (Chillicothe, MO)
Obituaries: 04/11/2009 – Current
Death Notices: 04/06/2009 – Current

Daily Guide (Waynesville, MO)
Obituaries: 04/11/2009 – Current
Death Notices: 03/25/2009 – Current

North Carolina
Topsail Voice (Hampstead, NC)
Obituaries: 10/29/2008 – Current
Death Notices: 09/10/2008 – Current

"When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that only I can hear."

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An Irish student’s fake quote on Wikipedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around the world.

Like putting a note in a bottle, Shane Fitzgerald, 22, a student studying sociology and economics at University College, Dublin wanted to see how far his fake quote would spread – on the Internet.

According to the Australian (7 May 2009) Fitzgerald created a plausible but fabricated quote, attributing it to Maurice Jarre (1924-2009).

The false quote read: “One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that only I can hear.”

Fitzgerald posted the fake quote on Maurice Jarre’s Wikipedia page soon after the musician had died. It was then picked up in obituaries that appeared in newspapers, blogs and websites around the world.

Click here to read the complete story.
The Australian (7 May 2009)