In a message dated 06/03/2000 11:44:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, notseaweed@hotmail.com writes: << What is the Obit Index book? Is there a place where deaths earlier than 1914 are listed? The obit index book I have is for the Arkansas Gazette and it covers the years 1819-1879. It's an index to all the obits that appeared in that newspaper for those years. It gives the persons name, the date the obit appeared in the paper and the page and column. Sandy Rebecca >Ray, > I can't remember if I already told you this but in the Obit Index >book >it list a Massey, no first name, Oct 14, 1873 pg3 col 1 > > Sandy >>