This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gg.2ADE/135.1 Message Board Post: Jim, I would suggest trying the probate records if you cannot locate a death record in the county. You say his widow had a sale---this was probably a forced sale following his death and a record of the court orders would be in the probate record, which might be available through the LDS on film. I have found that somewhere in the probate files it usually states that "the deceased died on or about..." and gives the date. Good luck, Juli