Iacofano Library Scan Requests - 23 April 2026

Status

Request packet prepared on 23 April 2026. CPL Day 1 is complete as of 28 April 2026. The Maria Iacofano Plain Dealer scan was received and ingested as source-obituary-plain-dealer-maria-iacofano-1976. The Lawrence J. Iacofano Plain Dealer obituary was received and ingested as source-obituary-plain-dealer-lawrence-j-iacofano-1997. The 1932 Iaciofano John CPL necrology/cemetery record was received and ingested as source-death-record-cpl-cemetery-iaciofano-john-1932, with a separate lead-john-iaciofano-1887 retained for the conflicting 1887-1932 identity.

Manual-access continuation on 23 April 2026 re-opened the CPL request form in Safari and confirmed that the prepared Day 1 request text is still ready to submit as written. The same form still requires requester first name, last name, email, email confirmation, deceased/subject, date of death, additional information, and Google reCAPTCHA fields, so no automated or agent-submitted CPL request was made from this pass. A later browser-state check showed a CPL "We have received your inquiry" confirmation page in Safari, but the visible page did not expose the submitted subject or request body; keep Lawrence J. Iacofano and 1932 Iaciofano John open unless a CPL response confirms those items were included.

The Day 2 CPL packet has been submitted and is partially returned. The WEPL-first / Morley-fallback Lawrence request text remains unchanged. No WEPL live chat, phone, or email contact was initiated from this pass because that step still requires requester identity/contact details and live representational communication.

Follow-up check on 29 April 2026 confirmed the CPL News Index request page and contact form remain live. At that point, 00_inbox/, 02_sources/, and the reserved raw/source targets did not yet contain returned Biagio, Joseph, or Albert obituary scans, so Day 2 remained a requester-submitted form/CAPTCHA task rather than an ingestion task.

Later on 29 April 2026, the user reported submitting the three Day 2 CPL requests and awaiting returned records; CPL responses typically arrive within about three hours. Joseph J. Iacofano's returned NewsBank/Plain Dealer PDF was ingested on 29 April 2026 as source-plain-dealer-obituary-for-joseph-j-iacofano-1991. The returned scan gives 12 November 1991, page 71, which differs from the CPL index citation for 13 November 1991, page 09 section H. Preserve the scan-backed date/page for the source and continue awaiting the Biagio L. Iacofano and Albert Iacofano scans.

This file tracks the actionable free/public/library-first requests. Existing online index records remain secondary evidence after original scans arrive.

Repository Guardrails

  • Do not edit or overwrite existing files in 05_raw/.
  • Preserve every received scan as a new raw artifact.
  • One received artifact equals one source record.
  • New source and event records must use status: proposed.
  • Do not update 01_people/ unless the user explicitly accepts source records.
  • Do not create event records from index-only artifacts.
  • Create death events only from original scans that explicitly state a death date or death year and have sufficiently clear identity.
  • Preserve as-recorded names and spellings, including Maria, Iacofano, Iaciofano, Yaciofano, Biagio, and Blaise.

Contact Paths

CPL's form requires requester name, email, deceased/subject, date of death, an additional-information field, and CAPTCHA, so no automated submission was made from this pass.

CPL Day 1 Request

CPL Day 1 is complete. The request text is retained for audit/history only. Use the CPL request form or email clgh@cpl.org only if staff request a resend.

Subject:

Digital scan requests: Iacofano News Index and Necrology citations

Request text:

Please send PDF scans for these Cleveland News Index / Necrology File citations.

1. Record ID 731517
   URL: https://cpl.org/newsindex/showrecord?record=731517&type=news
   Title: Iacofano, Maria : Wife Of Late John (obit.).
   Date: 1976-03-21
   Source: Plain Dealer
   Notes: pg. 01 sec. 00

2. Record ID 74882
   URL: https://cpl.org/newsindex/showrecord?record=74882&type=news
   Title: Iacofano, Lawrence J: Husband Of Eileen J-obit
   Date: 1997-08-24
   Source: Plain Dealer
   Notes: pg. 7 sec. B

3. Record ID 159816
   URL: https://cpl.org/newsindex/showrecord?record=159816&type=necrology
   Name: Iaciofano, John
   Date: 1932
   Source: Cemetery record, Reel #41
   Notes: 1887-1932. Lakeview Cemetery Prospect List.

Please include any page/header/context needed to identify the newspaper, date, page, section, or cemetery record source.

CPL Day 2 Request

Use the same CPL form or email on a later day.

Form field mapping:

  • Name of deceased or subject: Iacofano Plain Dealer obituary scans
  • Date of Death: leave blank or enter 1979, 1991, 1994
  • Any additional information: paste the request text below.

Subject:

Digital scan requests: additional Iacofano Plain Dealer obituary citations

Request text:

Please send PDF scans for these Cleveland News Index citations.

1. Record ID 635024
   URL: https://cpl.org/newsindex/showrecord?record=635024&type=news
   Title: Iacofano, Biagio L: Husband Of Rose N-obit
   Date: 1994-02-02
   Source: Plain Dealer
   Notes: pg. 11 sec. C

2. Record ID 495793
   URL: https://cpl.org/newsindex/showrecord?record=495793&type=news
   Title: Iacofano, Joseph J : Husband Of Rosemarie (obit.).
   Date: 1991-11-13
   Source: Plain Dealer
   Notes: pg. 09 sec. H

3. Record ID 142714
   URL: https://cpl.org/newsindex/showrecord?record=142714&type=news
   Title: Iacofano, Albert : Husband Of Adeline (obit.).
   Date: 1979-07-04
   Source: Plain Dealer
   Notes: pg. 07 sec. D

Please include any page/header/context needed to identify the newspaper, date, page, and section.

WEPL News-Herald Request

Start with WEPL live chat or call Willoughby Library at (440) 942-3200. Ask staff to route the request to reference/local history for a News-Herald microfilm obituary copy. Use Morley Library only as fallback if WEPL cannot fulfill.

Request text:

I am requesting a scan or copy from News-Herald microfilm for this obituary index entry:

Repository target: Willoughby Public Library News-Herald microfilm
Index source: News-Herald Obituary Index, 1990s Hol-I
Index URL: https://www.usgenwebsites.org/OHLake/newspaper/nhobits/199hol.html
Entry: Iacofano, Lawrence J.
Age: 69
Dates: Aug. 23, 24
Year: 1997

Please check the 23 August 1997 and 24 August 1997 News-Herald issues and provide the obituary/death notice scan. If the two publication dates contain different, corrected, or service-arrangement notices, please include both.

Morley Fallback

Use only if WEPL cannot supply the 1997 News-Herald microfilm scan.

Contact: genealogy@morleylibrary.org

Request text:

I am requesting an obituary/death notice copy from the News-Herald for this index entry:

Name: Iacofano, Lawrence J.
Age: 69
Publication dates: 23 August 1997 and 24 August 1997
Index source: News-Herald Obituary Index, 1990s Hol-I
Index URL: https://www.usgenwebsites.org/OHLake/newspaper/nhobits/199hol.html

Please provide an electronic copy if available. If both publication dates contain distinct, corrected, or service-arrangement notices, please include both.

Intake Workflow When Scans Arrive

  1. Check 02_sources/INDEX.md for duplicate titles, record IDs, and filenames before creating any source record.
  2. Preserve each received scan under the target private file filename below. If the target filename already exists, do not overwrite it. Choose a new unique filename and record the actual filename in document_details.
  3. Create one status: proposed source record per artifact.
  4. Use type: obituary for newspaper obituary/death notice scans and type: death_record for the CPL cemetery/necrology scan.
  5. Use input_mode: scanned_document_image unless the artifact has reliable embedded text.
  6. Omit citation: unless the library-supplied artifact includes a formal citation page.
  7. Put library citation details in document_details, including repository, index record ID/URL, publication, page/section, request source, and received filename.
  8. Add raw_text_file only if OCR or a manual transcription is created as a new private file file.
  9. Cross-reference the existing online index source in notes; optionally update the online index source notes to point to the original scan source.
  10. Update relevant 07_leads/ records and this review bundle with the new proposed-source links, unresolved questions, and conflicts.
  11. Do not update 01_people/ until the user explicitly accepts the proposed source records.

If a library returns separate PDFs for the two Lawrence News-Herald publication dates, create separate source records for the separate artifacts, such as private record and private record. If the library returns one combined PDF, use the single combined source target below and record both issue dates in document_details.

Reserved Ingestion Targets

Maria Plain Dealer, 1976

  • Raw file: 05_raw/pdfs/plain-dealer-obituary-maria-iacofano-1976.pdf
  • Source record: 02_sources/source-obituary-plain-dealer-maria-iacofano-1976.md
  • Status: received and ingested on 23 April 2026.
  • Type/input: type: obituary, input_mode: scanned_document_image
  • Existing index source: source-online-index-cpl-news-index-maria-iacofano-1976
  • Linkage:
    • Link person-mary-j-laurenzo-iacofano-1885 only if the scan confirms identity through children, spouse, address, maiden/family details, or other corroboration.
    • Otherwise use linked_people: [] and link relevant Mary/John leads.
  • Event rule: create a proposed death event only if the obituary states a death date or year and identity is strong enough.
  • Expected value: highest-priority test of whether Maria Iacofano is the canonical Mary J. Laurenzo/Iacofano.

Lawrence Plain Dealer, 1997

  • Raw file: 05_raw/pdfs/plain-dealer-obituary-lawrence-j-iacofano-1997.pdf
  • Source record: 02_sources/source-obituary-plain-dealer-lawrence-j-iacofano-1997.md
  • Type/input: type: obituary, input_mode: scanned_document_image
  • Existing index source: source-online-index-cpl-news-index-lawrence-j-iacofano-1997
  • Linkage: linked_people: [person-lawrence-iacofano-1928]; do not merge to another same-surname cluster without corroboration.
  • Event rule: create or support private timeline item only if the death date or year is stated.
  • Expected value: may confirm spouse Eileen J., age, death date, siblings, parents, and whether he matches the 1940 Mary household son.

John Cemetery Record, 1932

  • Raw file: 05_raw/pdfs/cpl-cemetery-record-iaciofano-john-1932.pdf
  • Source record: 02_sources/source-death-record-cpl-cemetery-iaciofano-john-1932.md
  • Type/input: type: death_record, input_mode: scanned_document_image
  • Existing index source: source-online-index-cpl-necrology-iaciofano-john-1932
  • Linkage:
    • Link to person-john-iacofano-1874 only if the scan ties him to Mary/Maria, Arthur, Random Rd/2025, or matching household context.
    • If the 1887 birth clue remains unsupported by household context, create or use a separate open lead such as lead-john-iaciofano-1887.
  • Event rule: create a death event only if a death date or year is explicitly stated. Do not create a burial-only event under the current event vocabulary.
  • Expected value: tests whether the 1932 Iaciofano, John hit belongs to Arthur's father or a separate 1887-born John.

Biagio Plain Dealer, 1994

  • Raw file: private file
  • Source record: 02_sources/source-obituary-plain-dealer-biagio-l-iacofano-1994.md
  • Type/input: type: obituary, input_mode: scanned_document_image
  • Existing index source: source-online-index-cpl-news-index-biagio-l-iacofano-1994
  • Linkage: linked_people: [person-biagio-iacofano-1915] unless the scan proves a separate person.
  • Event rule: allowed only for an explicit death date or year.
  • Expected value: collateral-corroboration target for parents, siblings, spouse, residence, and possible Italian origin clues.

Joseph Plain Dealer, 1991

  • Reserved raw file: private file
  • Actual raw file: 05_raw/pdfs/plain-dealer-obituary-for-joseph-j-iacofano-1991.pdf
  • Source record: 02_sources/source-plain-dealer-obituary-for-joseph-j-iacofano-1991.md
  • Status: received and ingested on 29 April 2026.
  • Type/input: type: obituary, input_mode: scanned_document_image
  • Existing index source: source-online-index-cpl-news-index-joseph-j-iacofano-1991
  • Linkage: linked_people: [person-joseph-iacofano-1918] unless the scan proves a separate person.
  • Event rule: allowed only for an explicit death date or year.
  • Expected value: collateral-corroboration target for parents, siblings, spouse, residence, and possible Italian origin clues.

Albert Plain Dealer, 1979

  • Raw file: private file
  • Source record: 02_sources/source-obituary-plain-dealer-albert-iacofano-1979.md
  • Type/input: type: obituary, input_mode: scanned_document_image
  • Existing index source: source-online-index-cpl-news-index-albert-iacofano-1979
  • Linkage: linked_people: [person-albert-yaciofano-1910] unless the scan proves a separate person.
  • Event rule: allowed only for an explicit death date or year.
  • Expected value: collateral-corroboration target for parents, siblings, spouse, residence, and possible Italian origin clues.

Lawrence News-Herald, 1997

  • Raw file: private file
  • Source record: 02_sources/source-obituary-news-herald-lawrence-j-iacofano-1997.md
  • Type/input: type: obituary, input_mode: scanned_document_image
  • Existing index source: source-online-index-news-herald-lawrence-j-iacofano-1997
  • Linkage: linked_people: [person-lawrence-iacofano-1928]; keep distinct from the Plain Dealer scan.
  • Event rule: add as support to the same proposed Lawrence death event only if it states the same death date or year.
  • Expected value: independent local-newspaper corroboration for Lawrence's identity, family relationships, death date, residence, and services.

Conflict Rules

  • Preserve document facts in extracted_facts even when they conflict with an index or prior interpretation.
  • Put index readings, older hypotheses, and alternate readings in transcription_notes or notes, not in as-recorded fields.
  • If Maria's obituary supports the canonical Mary identity, create a proposed source and possible proposed death event, then wait for user acceptance before adding death data to person-mary-j-laurenzo-iacofano-1885.
  • If Maria's obituary conflicts with current Mary facts, keep the document fact in extracted_facts, record the discrepancy in transcription_notes, and add a dispute note for user review.
  • If John's scan confirms 1887-1932 without tying him to Mary/Arthur, keep person-john-iacofano-1874 separate and isolate the cemetery John as a separate lead.
  • Do not merge the Lawrence/Palma/Blaise cluster into Arthur's Mary/John household without corroborating source text.
  • If a scan gives only publication date or service details, do not create a death event; keep those facts in the source record.

Acceptance Criteria

  • All received scans are preserved as new raw artifacts; no existing 05_raw/ file is edited or overwritten.
  • Each original scan has exactly one proposed source record, except when a library returns separate files for separate issue dates, in which case each file gets its own proposed source record.
  • Existing index sources remain secondary evidence.
  • No event records are created from index-only artifacts.
  • Proposed death events exist only where an original scan explicitly states a death date or year and identity is sufficiently clear.
  • 01_people/ remains unchanged unless the user separately accepts the proposed source records.
  • Relevant leads and iacofano-paternal-line-review-2026-04-23 document new evidence, conflicts, and next questions.
  • Indexes and validation pass after mutations.

Validation Commands

Run after any ingestion mutations:

python3 scripts/build_indexes.py
python3 scripts/validate_records.py

Optional machine-readable check:

python3 scripts/validate_records.py --json

Existing unrelated validation warnings may remain, but no new errors or new Iacofano-related warnings should be introduced.