The conversation always seemed to get around to the age or the date of death of a family member. We might say they spent hours climbing the family tree, but never left the comfort of the kitchen. These three ladies were born genealogists, although they had never heard the title genealogist. The fact that we were not born at the time of an ancestor's death does not deter us from seeking information on this event. Hours are spent at the microfilm reader looking at newspapers or church records trying to find this date.
Death is eternal but the search for death dates is everlasting.
The Saint John Globe published a death roll in the January issue from 1898 until 1927. The death roll was a chronological list of names of some residents and former residents that had died during the previous year. The years of 1897 to 1914 often contained a short comment about the deceased. A death roll for 1915 could not be located. The years 1916 to 1926 gave only the name and sometimes the age of the deceased.