This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/646 Message Board Post: First you should check the Alachua County message board, or the county board where the person lived. Some of the boards have volunteers that will do lookups. Post a message and maybe someone will respond. Most libraries have back issues of newspapers for their local area, and some will do a lookup for a dollar or two and the cost of postage and printing, if you have the exact date of death. You may want to check and see if the library has a website and/or write them a letter to see if they will do a lookup. If all else fails, I will do obituary lookups for Alachua County and other counties in Florida. I live in Gainesville, FL, the home of the University of Florida, which has microfilm copies of newspapers from all over the state. I'll need the exact date of death, and the county where the person died. If all you have is the month and year from the social security death index, you should send off to the state for a death certificate, which will give the exact date of death, and location, not to mention all kinds of other valuable information…. funeral home, cemetery, parents names, next of kin, etc. I have often found the social security death index information to be inaccurate, as far as the day, month, and location is concerned, and I have missed finding an existing obituary because of this. The year of death from the S.S. index is normally correct and this is all you need to order a death certificate. You get one buy sending $5.00 to: State Office of Vital Statistic! s, Attn: Customer Service, Post Office Box 210, Jacksonville, FL. 32231-0042 If you would like me to do an obituary lookup, please e-mail directly for more information. Chris E. Welch welchdude@hotmail.com