Jacqi, I have seen San Mateo obits in the San Francisco newspapers, more commonly before 1950 than after. But, you are more likely to find them in the San Mateo County Times. As for online archives, I have found them very bare and mostly hit and miss unless you are searching for recent obits, such as after 2000. The San Mateo Library will do obituary lookups. We have information for them at: http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sanmateo/smfee.htm The other option is to request microfilm of the newspapers via interlibrary loan. Hope this helps, Ron San Mateo Genealogy http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sanmateo/ >Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 22:09:26 -0700 >From: "Jacqi Stevens" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: need advice on obits for 1960s-1970s > >I've been doing genealogy research for well over 20 yrs., but only now do I end up looking in my own backyard (I'm in Stockton), so I feel kinda silly asking for help on this, but...I'm clueless about local online gen resources... > >I'm tracking down descendents for my KELLY and McCLELLAN/BROYLES lines from IN and FL/TN respectively, and two of my kin ended up in San Mateo Co. I need to find obits on Charles Lawrence BUTTS, d Dec 10, 1968 Redwood City, 96 yo; and Charles Thomas McCLELLAN, d Mar 18, 1975 in San Carlos, 74 yo. > >So, my question: are there any online sites to research newspaper obits in the Bay Area that I could use for this? Did families back then tend to put obits in the SF papers, or use local papers (i.e. Redwood City)? If the Redwood City paper is more likely to be used, is there any way to research the archives online? > >Thanks in advance for any advice to help me navigate this new (to me) research area. > >Jacqi