Index to Death Notices Appearing in The Sentinel (Woodstock, IL), 1856-1894
| A | Ba-o | Br-z | C | D | E | F | G | Ha-e | Hi-z | I | J | K | L | Ma-e | Mi-z |
| N | O | P | QR | Sa-k | Sl-z | T | UV | W | XYZ |
| N | O | P | QR | Sa-k | Sl-z | T | UV | W | XYZ |
| Surname | Age | Date of Death | Date of Issue |
|---|---|---|---|
| YORK, Mrs. Luther | - | - | 20 Mar 1879 |
| YOUNG, George W. | 71 | 16 Feb 1890 | 20 Feb 1890 |
| YOUNG, Henry | - | - | 28 Aug 1890 |
| YOUNG, Jennie | 23 | 14 Oct 1888 | 18 Oct 1888 |
| YOUNG, Jessie (Yule) | -- | 16 Oct 1884 | 06 Nov 1884 |
| YOUNG, Oliver | 80 | 07 Mar 1893 | 09 Mar/16 Mar 1893 |
| YOUNG, Victor H. | 5 | 11 Aug 1862 | 13 Aug 1862 |
| ZALE, John | - | - | 18 May 1893 |
| ZANDER, Mrs. Charles | 22 | 25 Oct 1892 | 03 Nov 1892 |
| ZIERCK, Joachim | 58 | 13 Jan 1892 | 21 Jan 1892 |
| ZIMMER, Mary | - | - | 24 Jul 1890 |
| ZIMMERMAN, — [female inmate at Elgin Asylum] | - | - | 08 Aug 1878 |
| ZIMMERMAN, — [son of Chas.] | -- | -- | 29 Sep 1881 |
| ZIMMERMAN, Chas. | -- | -- | 29 Sep 1881 |
| ZIMPLEMAN, — [dau. of J.P.] | -- | -- | 21 Feb 1889 |
| ZINK, Zachariah | -- | -- | 27 Jan 1887 |
| ZORN, John | 64 | - | 22 Dec/29 Dec 1892 |
| ZSCHACH, Henry | -- | -- | 18 Aug 1887 |
| ZUIC, John | 65 | -- | 08 Dec 1887 |
Research Note: The Woodstock Sentinel is the oldest extant newspaper in McHenry County. The first issue was published on July 17, 1856, a single sheet containing no local news and only four columns of advertisements. As its popularity grew, the editors added local news, including death notices and marriage announcements. Not a single birth notice appears in the issues from 1856 through 1869. Researchers should be aware that obituaries, as we know them today, were very rare in the early issues of this newspaper. Instead, death notices were published—usually a line or two providing the name, age, death date, and sometimes the names of parents or a spouse. These early issues are extremely difficult to read; variant spellings and misspellings of names were frequent.