Try the IL State Archives for a Death Certificate 1916 - 1947 or thereabouts. Try Lincoln Library, Sangamon Valley Collection, for an Obit...they have a Card Index File, don't need death date, if found. Refer to this URL for addresses http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/research.htm Good luck, Mary Ann At 08:31 AM 03/26/2001 -0600, you wrote: >I am trying to find a death notice, obit or record for a James Polk Grooms >who was married to a Mary Anderson. He died ~1937 in Sangamon Co., >Illinois and was living in the Breckenridge, Illinois area. I am sorry I >don't have a definite date. If anyone can help please write. Thank you. >Sharon > > >==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > You can search the surname or county mail list msgs here: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >For Sangamon enter the word ilsangam. >Find the names of other maillists to search: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ --------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html CONVERSE MAIL LIST Adminstrator TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/