This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Russell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADE/1764.1 Message Board Post: In 1873 they weren't printing obits in the local newspapers. If there was anything, it was only a notice of the death, and very few of them were listed. If you let me know what you've searched, I can look in the remaining newspapers of the county to see if there was anything at all printed. Mendocino County Indexes http://www.pacificsites.net/~pcarna Mendocino County Tombstone Photos http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/