I just learned something kinda useful. While using a new (to me) and very powerful search engine called Google at <http://www.google.com>, I happened across a web site for the St. Louis library. They maintain on-line lists of obits. To quote from them: "This index of names was obtained from both the Death Notice and the Burial Permits listing in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Death Notice entries generally include the date of death; names of spouses, children, and parents; place of the funeral; and place of internment. Some names may appear out of alphabetical order in the Death Notice Section of the St. Louis Post Dispatch." The site can be found at <http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/obit93a.htm>. The URL given here is for 1993, but you can reach other years from 1992 to 1999 by plugging the appropriate number into the URL. Anyway, despite that my dad died in Litchfield, I found his name and the published date of his obit in the 1993 list. I thought some folks on the List may find it useful also. Cheers. -- Bill Gusky DeLand, Florida "Too soon oldt, und too late schmart!"