If you don't find your person in this obit file... check the films of the Stockton Record. This file only contains some of the vast obits for the area. By far, not all for any give period will be found here. Out of the many, many lookups I have done for others.. less than a dozen came from this file. It's a starting point..but not fantastic. Marge -----Original Message----- From: norby@ainet.com [mailto:norby@ainet.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:34 PM To: CASANJOA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CASanJoaquin] Re: Need obituary for Marl Banks 1899-1990 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Banks, Frazier Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AY.2ADE/1073.1 Message Board Post: CA death index: BANKS MARL EDWARD 04/06/1899 mother FRAZIER M TENNESSEE SAN JOAQUIN 07/18/1990 414-12-0453 91 yrs Add SSDI: MARL E BANKS 06 Apr 1899 Jul 1990 (not specified) (none specified) 414-12-0453 Tennessee Stockton Record Obits: An index to the Stockton Record exists as a card file index (kept only at the Chavez Central Library) and goes all the way back to the Gold Rush up to 1990. Done by librarians by hand, some periods were indexed better than others. >From 1991 forward, it has been entered online and is searchable from our catalog: http://catalog.stockton.lib.ca.us at the opening screen, choose Chavez Central...this puts you at a screen to search for books... look at the top of the screen and click on Stockton Record...this puts you at a screen to search for references to newspaper articles...the articles are not online, but if you find anything you need, you can then e-mail us with the details (date of issue, page #) and we can copy what you request (writing reason) and mail or fax it to you... copies from the microfilm are generally $.25 per page... if you do that, be sure to give us your name and full address or fax info. my understanding is that articles from prior to 1991 can be searched also - try emailing Bill Walker: Bill.Walker@ci.stockton.ca.us ______________________________