Mary: The newspapers which covered the Monterey/Pacific Grove area are located in the Monterey Public Library on microfilm. I will be there next week and can look up obits for you. Do you have one for William? As far as Delia, do you have an exact date of death? If not, it will be more difficult. During that time period the newspapers may be weekly, and deaths or articles about them are not always listed in one place, so the whole newspaper must be searched. Have you tried to find Delia in the pre-1905 death records of either county? If not, I can look at those for you. --Sheila P. In a message dated 4/21/00 11:53:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mjefferson@gci.net writes: > Good day from a brand new subscriber. > > I have been tracking a Johnson family from Hollister to Pacific Grove to > Lompoc. William Johnson died in Pacific Grove 5 October 1928. His wife Delia > J. died either in Hollister or Pacific Grove in 1898. Both were buried in > Hollister. > > My question, what newspaper would have carried the obituary or obituaries if > Delia died there also. Is there a local genealogy society that would look up > this obituary for a donation? > > Thank you all. > > Mary Jefferson mjefferson@gci.net > Juneau, Alaska > > "A synonym is a word you use when you > can't spell the other one." Baltsar Gracian > >