Hi all, This may not be of use to anyone, but it could save time for somebody. Gretchen Leenerts, PO Box 284, Chinook, WA 98614, asked us to locate some obituary records for three of her OTTO family. None of them had died in Louisa County, as it turns out, and so none of the deaths are registered in the courthouse. The cemetery grave markers gave only the year of death. So, after 5 hours of methodically starting with January of the year of death and searching every Wapello Republican newspaper issue for that year, I had found all three obituaries and dates of death. The three names are: Herman P. OTTO (1878 - 1949) Minnie J. OTTO (1893 - 1954) August N. OTTO (1902 - 1971) If anyone on the list wants a copy of any of these obituaries please let me know, and I will e-mail the text of the obituary to you. Cheers, from Keith. Keith/Connie Street ckcasey@netins.net 325 Franklin Ave, Wapello, IA 52653-1515 319-523-8164