Hello Suzanne, You can locate newspaper articles from the Tampa Tribune online. Some have obits and other info. go to the following web site: http://scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us/thpl/thpl.htm Then click on Library Catalog. then click on Connect to THOR. When it says LOGON: type THOR. Then select #8 for TRAILS (which is the search for the Tampa Tribune) Then you can type in any name or subject. I searched for Elwood Matson and came up with this response: Tampa Tribune (microfilm) TITLE Matson, Elwood; 94; 1960 SUBJECTS Deaths DATE 13 DEC 1960 SECTION F.N.-p.2 What that means is the Tpa Tib has a death notice on Dec 13, 1960 in Section F pg 2. You can write the Tampa Library and they will make a copy and send it to you, or you might be able to locate it some where else. There were other Matson's listed but only one for Elwood. If I can be of furthur help, let me know. > Subject: [FLHILLSB-L] Elwood Matson > Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 09:46:46 EST > From: SCMATSON@aol.com > To: FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com > > Elwood Matson lived in Tampa, FL in the early 1960's with his son, John E. > Matson, Sr. He died at age of 94 around 1961. Undated obituary (probably > from Tampa Tribune) gives his age at death but no date of death. Is there > any site where obituaries from Tampa are archived that is searchable? I need > to find the exact date of death in order to obtain a death certificate from > the state of Florida. The funeral home that handled the local arrangements > was Wilson Sammon Company. Are they still in business? > I would also like to find out where he is buried and if his wife is buried > with him. > Any help or hints on where to search would be greatly appreciated. > > Suzanne Collins Matson > > _