This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EZ.2ADI/1120.1 Message Board Post: Even with the exact date of death, a lookup for obit in two newspapers' microfilms involves about two hours' time, library parking $1/hour plus driving time of about 1 hour. Unfortunately, I doubt possibility of finding any (non-related) volunteer without a donation. For deaths after 1985, newspapers have been digitized, and therefore easier.