Raymond, Thank you for the info. on this service. Can you tell me - which Oakland newspapers do they check - just the Oakland Tribune? Cheers, Sue "The coldest Winter I ever spent was one Summer in San Francisco" -- Attributed to Mark Twain >From: "Raymond" <snik67@earthlink.net> >To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Oakland obituaries? >Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:44:48 -0800 > >Yes, send the money (a check) and a SASE with the request. > >Yes, they will keep your money regardless. The $2.00 is for their time, >win >or lose. It is really such a small price to pay. > >They turned my request back around within two weeks. > >Raymond > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Sandra Harris <sandrah@ix.netcom.com> >To: <CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:35 AM >Subject: [CASANFRA] Oakland obituaries? > > > > I have been told that the Oakland Library > > Oakland Main Public Library > > 125 14th Street Newspaper Room > > Oakland, Ca. 94612 > > 510-238-3176 > > > > will check for newspaper obituaries for $2 an obituary. > > > > Has anyone used this service and if so, do you send in the money and a >SASE > > and then wait for possible obituary return? > > > > Do they send back the money if they don't find an obituary or do they >just > > keep it and give you a negative response? > > > > Thanks, Sandra > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Sue I think that they will check all the papers that were printed in Oakland at the time of the death. Will double check with them. George --- "S.F. O'Donnell" <dumtacet@hotmail.com> wrote: > Raymond, > > Thank you for the info. on this service. Can you > tell me - which Oakland > newspapers do they check - just the Oakland Tribune? > > Cheers, > > Sue > > "The coldest Winter I ever spent was one Summer in > San Francisco" > -- Attributed to Mark Twain > > > > >From: "Raymond" <snik67@earthlink.net> > >To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Oakland obituaries? > >Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:44:48 -0800 > > > >Yes, send the money (a check) and a SASE with the > request. > > > >Yes, they will keep your money regardless. The > $2.00 is for their time, > >win > >or lose. It is really such a small price to pay. > > > >They turned my request back around within two > weeks. > > > >Raymond > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Sandra Harris <sandrah@ix.netcom.com> > >To: <CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:35 AM > >Subject: [CASANFRA] Oakland obituaries? > > > > > > > I have been told that the Oakland Library > > > Oakland Main Public Library > > > 125 14th Street Newspaper Room > > > Oakland, Ca. 94612 > > > 510-238-3176 > > > > > > will check for newspaper obituaries for $2 an > obituary. > > > > > > Has anyone used this service and if so, do you > send in the money and a > >SASE > > > and then wait for possible obituary return? > > > > > > Do they send back the money if they don't find > an obituary or do they > >just > > > keep it and give you a negative response? > > > > > > Thanks, Sandra > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com