Ralph, The San Joaquin Valley Argus 1870--1890 was the only newspaper that covered Merced area in that time period. I can check next week for Addison Ostrander. Sometimes the Mariposa newspapers covered events in Merced Co, you can search William Disbrow's database at the Mariposa GenWeb........Alma William Disbrow's Vital Database http://www.cagenweb.com/mariposa/ 04/26/2002 8:32:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, RClouse2@aol.com writes: << Addison OSTRANDER d. 5 Oct 1872, Plainsburg, Merced Co. The Merced Co. papers here in Sacramento do not go back that far so I'm hoping someone could provide me with a death notice/obit (including name of paper, date, page/column number)...please. I'll be happy to cover costs or do lookups here in exchange. Thank you for your assistance. Ralph Clouse, Sacramento >>