A trick that works for me is the town library. E'mail them with what you know and they will usually provide details of obits (the facts such as dates locations and family members are facts and therefore are not covered by copyright). It may take a few days but on a slow day small town librarians do love to to do this kind opf research... I have many useful sites for such lookups at my home page; http://mindspring.com/~dcrichardson/ then click on "Other Useful Sites" Greg Nordlund wrote: > I am trying to locate a copy of an obituary for Thomas Preston, b. 20-JUN-1917 - d. 11-MAY-1970. > > The MA death index indicates that he died in Boston, but the Social Security index lists the Westford area. Would deaths in Westford be included in the Globe or would there be a local paper I should look into? > > Also, if someone finds themselves around some Boston Globe microfilm and can take a few minutes to look for the obituary, I'd be grateful. (I'd order the death certificate or SSI application, but I'm not sure this is the right person.) > > Any help or advice would be appreciated. > > Greg Nordlund > Olympia, WA > > ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > Boston's Freedom Trail: > http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/freedomtrail/bostoncommon.asp > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237