Karen: <kmsrossi@pe.net> No luck finding Opal on the CADI, which is now available for searching at <http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi>. Last week the microfilm section of the Salinas Public Library reopened, and I was able to find an obit for Blaine H. Byal, which I have transcribed below, and which I will post to the Monterey County obit board. If you would like the paper copy, please give me your address and I will mail it to you. I could not locate either Dorothy Gay or Henry Byal in the online CADI or SSDI. It is possible that they are still living. Also, you might want to check the white pages for the Gay children listed in Colleen's first email to you, as they would be Blaine's grandchildren. I have not had a chance to check the birth record for Alicia Leff, but she is on my list. --Sheila P. ++++++++++++++++++ >From Salinas Californian, dated 9 June 1948: LAST RITES ARE CONDUCTED FOR BLAINE H. BYAL Last rites were conducted at Struve and Laporte chapel this morning for Blaine Henry Byal, 52, who passed away suddenly from a heart attack at 425 North Main street Saturday. The Rev. Douglas Ewan of the First Methodist church read the services, after which the body was sent to Golden Gate National cemetery, San Bruno for interment at 3:15 p.m. Friday. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Gay of Victorville, and one son Henry Byal, Riverside. +++++++++++++++++++ Subj: Opal Byal NEGATIVE Date: 5/19/00 8:56:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: norby@ainet.com (Norby Family) To: SheleeBebo@aol.com, CA-DEATH-INDEX-L@rootsweb.com Sorry Sheila, no Opal listings. Maybe she remarried. Colleen 'byal' in *.*: 14 matches in 10 files. 60 files searched. 0 files skipped. C:\CADI\1960-69\DTH1962\DTH1962.DAT (Text): 18425: BYAL FOSTA M 04/11/1885 KESSEL 2OH705203/25/1962559369019176 147243: WRIGHT MADGE A 04/02/1875 BYAL 2KA802003/06/1962- 186 C:\CADI\1950-59\DTH1957\DTH1957.DAT (Text): 11891: BRADNER JAMES P 01/07/1876 BYAL BRADNER 1OH38 12/06/1957547034456181 C:\CADI\1980-89\DTH1985\DTH1985.DAT (Text): 97608: KEEL RICHARD DOUGLAS 04/17/1907 BYAL 1OH56 04/09/1985281094057177 195949: WAGNER KATIE 08/03/1915 BYAL WALLACE 2LA19 12/05/1985439104366170 C:\CADI\1980-89\DTH1986\DTH1986.DAT (Text): 41209: CROWL GRACE ANNA 08/18/1894 BYAL GORRELL 2OH19 03/15/1986299206931191 66917: GAY RICHARD BENJAMIN 12/10/1944 BYAL 1CA38 12/30/1986553661429142 C:\CADI\1980-89\DTH1989\DTH1989.DAT (Text): 27631: BYAL RUTH 11/13/1919 WARSAW BOYCE 2NY34 03/29/1989573096356169 C:\CADI\1990-97\DTH1991\DTH1991.DAT (Text): 184061: SMITH DONALD LOUIS 07/10/1912 BYAL 1IN28 06/19/1991545165664178 C:\CADI\1990-97\DTH1996\DTH1996.DAT (Text): 140312: MILLS EUGENE ARTHUR 04/02/1918 BYAL 1CA36 11/30/1996523127141178 C:\CADI\1940-49\DTH1945\DTH1945.DAT (Text): 11983: BYAL ELIZABETH E 09/27/1873 BALLARD 2OH19 12/06/1945 0172 C:\CADI\1940-49\DTH1948\DTH1948.DAT (Text): 12625: BYAL BLAINE HENRY 08/31/1896 KIRKPATRICK BYAL 1NB27 06/05/1948554222938151 C:\CADI\1940-49\DTH1949\DTH1949.DAT (Text): 09329: BOYD FREDDIE DEE 10/06/1929 BYAL BOYD 1OK10 04/25/1949545380159119 ----- Original Message ----- From: <SheleeBebo@aol.com> To: <CA-DEATH-INDEX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 7:50 PM Subject: [CADI] Post-1940 Request for Opal Byal > Can someone please check the CADI CD's for an Opal Byal, who died after June > 1948? Her husband was born in 1896, but I have no idea when she was born. > > --Sheila P. In a message dated 5/18/00 8:02:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, SheleeBebo@aol.com writes: > > Karen: > > Here is the transcription of the Monterey County Death Certificate for > Blaine Henry Byal. Unfortunately, the Salinas Public Library will be closed for > remodeling until June 5th, so I will not be able to look for an obit until > then. I will ask for a CADI lookup for Opal Byal, Blaine's divorced spouse, to see if she also died in Monterey County. > > --Sheila P. >