Talk:Joseph W. Alton

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Which source of Sun obit?[edit]

Is there any reason to prefer the obituary retrieved through Newspapers.com^[1] rather than from the Baltimore Sun web site.^[2] -- Pemilligan (talk) 18:43, 12 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Rasmussen, Frederick N. (April 4, 2013). "Joseph W. Alton Jr". The Baltimore Sun. p. A16. Retrieved September 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Rasmussen, Frederick N. (April 3, 2013). "Joseph W. Alton Jr., first Arundel County executive )[Obituary]". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 12, 2021.

@Pemilligan: no particular reason; sometimes Balt Sun has a paywall though, but not sure if that applies to obituaries. --Engineerchange (talk) 18:58, 12 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Father's profession and death date[edit]

Note, I removed this detail about his father's profession and date of death in 1949 (not 1950) because the source used was findagrave (which is considered not reliable per WP:ELPEREN). Feel free to add back details with reliable source. --Engineerchange (talk) 12:58, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[death-1] Rasmussen, Frederick N. (April 4, 2013). "Joseph W. Alton Jr". The Baltimore Sun. p. A16. Retrieved September 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] Rasmussen, Frederick N. (April 3, 2013). "Joseph W. Alton Jr., first Arundel County executive )[Obituary]". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 12, 2021.

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