Thanks everyone for the suggestions on finding obits. These 2 individuals are not on Find A Grave (already checked). Not sure if the library closest to me has Pro Quest. I do not know where they lived - other than according to the CA Death Index they died in Los Angeles. The two people I am trying to find obits for are as follows: 1. Robert Knox Pierson - D/O/D - 12-17-1949 - Los Angeles 2. Katherine Elizabeth (Evans) Boyle - D/O/D - 1-26-1952 - Los Angeles (Katherine was the mother of the well known writer and novelist Kay Boyle!) I do understand that one needs to know where a person lived to write to that library - but I do not have that info, and thus my confusion about where to write to for the info. Los Angeles seems to be quite difficult in that respect. Usually one writes to a local genealogy society for help in getting obits...but that doesn't seem to be the case in Los Angeles? Not that easy. I tried looking in City Directories as well-couldn't find them..but I believe both of them may have been living with other relatives. Thank you for any help! Pam