Actually it's been my experience that if you ask for a search in a small range of dates they will do it. In addition you should write the land office and ask for a search of land grantors and grantees around that date for his Surname, as frequently land would be sold shortly after death in order to divide the proceeds among the heirs. The land sale would most likely name all the heirs. Will In a message dated 8/24/2002 8:21:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Denixon@conwaycorp.net writes: << Thanks for the inf, I didnt know Clark Co would search records, most counties got to have record numbers before search. David ----- Original Message ----- From: <WJhonson@aol.com> To: <GACLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [GaClarke] Re: Clarke County Cemetery Book nixon > David, it would be more likely that you could determine the exact date of > death from an obituary, will or probate papers. If your ancestor owned land > you should write the probate clerk and ask for a search of the probates to > see if any can be found. > -Will > >>