This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TS.2ADE/1740.1 Message Board Post: Christina, The death certificates should give the cause of death and may be worth ordering copies of if you haven't already done so. As for obituaries, inquire with the Mobile Public Library or Mobile Genealogical Society--I think the newspaper was the Mobile Press Register, which may contain an obit. Hope this helps, Scott