saraheartburn wrote: > Ray, > > It's not just the newspaper sites themselves that may have marriage or > obituary info - you're quite right in thinking they're usually limited > to current info. Have tracked down several people using marriage or > obituary info people post on their genealogy web pages. Local > historical societies, corporate press releases, club newsletters, > unions and professional societies...all kinds of odd sources print > announcements...you just have to have luck on your side. Found a long > lost relative for a friend recently after Google came up with a 10 > year old press release announcing a retirement. > > As a matter of course, I also run searches on Google Books...amazing > what they have available on line. Ran a search there on a relative > and found a scanned copy of a published RR Employees newsletter that > opened all kinds of research doors for me. Worth a try. > > Good luck in your search, > > NT > NT, You continue to come up with innovative ideas I hadn't considered. I never used Google Books. I'm on it as soon as I hit Send. Thanks, Ray