Be sure to search out obituaries for siblings and cousins as well as your direct ancestors. If you aren't sure of the name of the local paper for that community, a search for newspaper and the city, town or county name in your favorite search engine will often get you there. There are several large obituary search engines online which can make the search a bit easier, but if you know the town where your relatives lived you will often have better luck searching the obituary archive (when available online) of the local paper.
Obituary notices may also help lead you to living relatives who can provide further information on your family tree. Obituaries can be a gold mine for information on family units, including siblings, parents, spouses, and even cousins, as well as the date of birth and death and place of burial. Since family tree searches generally work their way back in time from the present, searching out information on recently deceased relatives is a good place to start your family tree quest.
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