HI KEVIN, Let's see if we can come up with a few avenues for you. ZEPHYRHILLS ATTORNEYS Hodges & Carle 813-782-7196 38410 North Ave Zephyrhills, FL Carle, Stephen D - Hodges & Carle 813-782-7196 38410 North Ave Zephyrhills, FL and, as for the crematory, since you didn't give an address of the old company, I would call these people and start my questioning...maybe, they know who bought the other company : National Cremation Society 727-536-0494 4945 E Bay Dr Clearwater, FL Good luck, Karen in Texas PS. Even if the cemetery has changed hands, sometimes they've kept the files and will have copy of obit. In a message dated 2/23/1999 2:32:40 AM Central Standard Time, FLORIDA-D- request@rootsweb.com writes: > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 09:00:55 EST > From: User683614@aol.com > To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8f66da9b.36d16317@aol.com> > Subject: Clearwater Florida > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > Hello Florida! > Can anyone help me to identify a location in Zephyrhills, Florida. I have > a > death certificate from a maternal great aunt named Lenore M. Bertelsen that > shows her place of death as "# 8 Park Drive, Zephyrhills," on 8-24-1982. > Apparently she died without any heirs. The attorney who handled her affairs > was named Stephen Carle 518 18th Street, Zephyrhills, FL . He is no longer > listed. The crematory that handled her ashes was named "West Coast Crematory, > > Clearwater, FL." Apparently they are out of business too. Does anyone > recognize any of these location or names? Can anyone give me an idea where > to > look for records? I already have a death certificate from the state. I'm > also > at a loss trying to determine which paper might have picked up her obituary > and most of them down there want at least $60.00 to search their archives > with > no guarantee of a result. I called down there a while back and since I find > a > local library in my area that carries the local paper from down there, I'm > stuck. I'd appreciate any help that comes my way. > Thanks, > Kevin O'Brien > Laguna Hills, CA > > ______________________________