I recently came into possession of 2 obituaries clipped from newspapers with no headings of my 3g-grandfather, John W. Foster. I believe the obits are from Galena, Illinois, as that is where he lived most his life. Now I have a question for all you experienced genealogists out there. The rootsweb Allemakee County website has a listing of cemeteries. There are 2 listings for John Foster. One is May's Prairie Cemetery: Foster, John 1807 Jul 21 1879 Feb 11 Ae 71y 06m 20d. The second is Old West Paint Creek: Foster, J. W. ? 1879 Feb 10 Obit In all correspondence, Foster signed his name J. W. Foster. How do I find which cemetery is the correct one? The dates in the obits are feb 11 and feb 10. I do have a clue in a letter from his daughter: "We held the funeral on Thursday the 15th at 10 oclock in the morning and buried him about six miles from here in the nearest Methodist graveyard." In the beginning of the letter, she writes "Lansing, Iowa" Are there any Methodist churches in the Lansing area that would have old records? Thanks, Jolynne Obituary #1 "An Old Settler Gone. John W. Foster, for fifty years a resident of this city and county, died on February 10th, at his home in Center, near Lansing, Iowa, where he settled six years ago. His age was about 75 years, and he was a native of New Jersey." Obituary #2 Died on Tuesday, the 11th of February, 1879, of strangulated hernia, after a sickness of ten days, at his home in Centre Township, Allemakee county, Iowa, John W. Foster, aged 74 years, 6 months and 20 days. He was well known in this city and county, where he resided for 47 years. He held the office of Magistrate for several years in Thompson. He was a native of New Jersey and settled in Galena in the year 1825, where his children were all born. The deceased wife of Mr. Samuel Taylor, of this city, was one of them. He leaves a widow, four sons and two daughters. He removed from Warren, in this county, to Lansing, Iowa, in the year 1872. He was a kind husband and father, and a good neighbor."