Hi Ed, Thanks so much for this helpful info. I appreciate it. I hope the funeral homes might have records as far back as 1885 & 1888. I just read in a recent publicaion from a genealogy society that I belong to, that one of the local funeral directors has donated all of their records to the local society. It included records from the previous owners as well. Isn't that wonderful. I have found funeral homes very helpful in providing information when I couldn't otherwise find records. <smile> Dee