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Birth, Wedding and Obituary Information Online
Click the links below for information about birth, wedding, and death notices that were reported in the Galesburg Register-Mail in 2006-2013. Each table contains the date of the paper in which a notice was published and the page number the notice appeared on. The Galesburg Public Library has the Register-Mail on microfilm. (Information about birth, wedding, and death notices from previous years can also be found at the library.)
2013 Obituaries 2013 Births 2013 Weddings
2012 Obituaries 2012 Births 2012 Weddings
2011 Obituaries 2011 Births 2011 Weddings
2010 Obituaries 2010 Births 2010 Weddings
2009 Obituaries 2009 Births 2009 Weddings
2008 Obituaries 2008 Births 2008 Weddings
2007 Obituaries 2007 Births 2007 Weddings
2006 Obituaries 2006 Births 2006 Weddings
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Updated May 2, 2013.