Pat -- A couple of years ago I needed that kind of information and wrote to Adrian J. Aitchison Tri-County Historical Society (Dubuque, Jackson, Jones) 1200 5th Avenue, S.E. Cascade, IA 52033 He very kindly did a surname search for me and sent me photocopies of several obituaries from the "Cascade Pioneer." Frances At 12:08 PM 1/20/1999 EST, you wrote: >I may have put this out here before, but in case of new subscribers,am >wondering if anyone has access to old Jones County obituaries? Specifically >for the year of 1885. Am looking for an obit for my ggrandmother, Catherine >Farrell Byrne (or maybe Burn) who is buried in the Catholic cemetery at Castle >Grove. Not sure if it was January or June of 1885 that she died. Is there a >county library that might have the old newspapers on microfilm? >Thanks in advance. >Pat (in MN) >