Jim Schmitz wrote: > > Hello all--- > > My gr-gr-grandparents died in New York (state? city?), she in 1855 and he in 1861. I don't know the exact dates or locations. Is there an index that I can look in (or could someone help me and look it up), short of looking at a full year of New York Times obituaries to help in determining when they died? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. > > Jim----looking for SCHMITZ, GRIFFITH, HOGAN, NETTLES, ELLIOTT > I might suggest that you look on the 1860 census to determine where your gr- gr - grandfather lived in that year. Most likely he died there. At least it would be a place to start looking. NY State did a census in 1855 but not sure how much of it has survived. I know that sevearal counties have indexed this 1855 census and perhaps when you know where grandpa was in 1860 - you can locate the 1855 for that area. Donna