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NAME

Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes - Lookup an entry in the Obituary Daily Times

VERSION

Version 0.14

SYNOPSIS

use Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes;
my $info = Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes->new();
# ...

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new

Creates a Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes object.

my $obits = Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes->new();

Accepts the following optional arguments:

  • directory - The directory containing the file obituaries.sql
  • logger - An object to send log messages to

search

Searches the database.

# Returns an array of hashrefs
my @smiths = $obits->search(last => 'Smith');       # You must at least define the last name to search for

print $smiths[0]->{'first'}, "\n";

Supports two return modes:

  • List context

    Returns an array of hash references.

  • Scalar context

    Returns a single hash reference, or undef if there is no match.

AUTHOR

Nigel Horne, <njh at bandsman.co.uk>

BUGS

Ancestry has removed the archives. The first 17 pages are on Wayback machine, but the rest is lost.

SEE ALSO

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes

You can also look for information at:

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2020-2025 Nigel Horne.

This program is released under the following licence: GPL2