Margie I've dealt with several funeral homes in the Washington, DC, area and their employees have been very helpful in most cases. Some furnish the information with no charge, some have a minimal charge for sending copies of their records, and others will only check their records if you pay a sometimes stiff fee up front. Also, many older funeral homes are either no longer in business or the business has been sold and the records are lodged with the funeral home that purchased the original funeral home, are with the local historical society, or as someone on a list wrote me, the records are in someone's closet or basement or even thrown away. I've found the individuals on the Rootsweb Washington DC list very helpful in furnishing information regarding funeral homes in that area. You might want to write to the lists in the area you're searching. Also I found where the records of one funeral home were located, by (as an afterthought) asking someone at a cemetery office if they knew where the records of the funeral home that buried my grandfather might be located. The funeral home had been sold twice since he was buried, but luckily they knew the name of the current one. Also check with the local historical or genealogical society - they might know. Barbara Clements Baclem5656@aol.com