NAME
Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes - Lookup an entry in the Obituary Daily Times
VERSION
Version 0.16
SYNOPSIS
Looks up obituaries from the Obituary Daily Times and other places.
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:
cache
- Passed to Database::Abstractionconfig_file
Points to a configuration file which contains the parameters to
new()
. The file can be in any common format includingYAML
,XML
, andINI
. This allows the parameters to be set at run time.directory
The directory containing the file obituaries.sql. If only one argument is given to
new()
, it is taken to bedirectory
.logger
- Passed to Database::Abstraction
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 18 pages are on Wayback machine, but the rest is lost.
SEE ALSO
The Obituary Daily Times
Archived Rootsweb data
Funeral Notices
Recent data
Older data
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes
You can also look for information at:
MetaCPAN
RT: CPAN's request tracker
https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Genealogy-ObituaryDailyTimes
CPAN Testers' Matrix
http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Genealogy-ObituaryDailyTimes
CPAN Testers Dependencies
http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Genealogy::ObituaryDailyTimes
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2020-2025 Nigel Horne.
This program is released under the following licence: GPL2