This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wh.2ADE/1878.1 Message Board Post: A good source of a death date for a man in Union County for the 1870's is a probate record. The probate index can be rented on microfilm at LDS Family History Centers.