If this man actually died in Indianapolis, you should be able to get a copy of the death certificate from the Marion County Health Department. There is a fee. You also have to send them a photocopy of your driver's license, and print out and fill out an online form, which asks the purpose of your request/how you are related, etc. I usually just put genealogy down for mine, and bore them with the specifics. But as I say, mine have been from many years back. The death certificate USUALLY lists the place of burial. I have only obtained older ones, from 1928 back, from various counties, and they are not always correct. I would hope a more modern death certificate would have all the info correct. Depending on where he was buried, some cemeteries have excellent records. His obit may have been in the Terre Haute paper also, although if he was a Brazil person, it would probably just be a repeat of the Brazil article if there was one. The Vigo County public library has obits for the time period in question on microfilm. You find the obituary microfilm that covers when he died, then crank through alphabetically until you find him (hopefully). These obits were microfilmed from the Terre Haute Tribune or Terre Haute Star. If you want to call the library, call 812-232-1113 and ask for Special Collections. You would have to relay your request, and then call back another day to see if they can find anything. The library will not call you back long distance. The microfilm desk takes care of searching the microfilms, but you deal with the Special Collections (Genealogy) dept. Just some ideas of other ways to search for what you want. Clay County might be your best bet in the long run. Small home town newspapers usually run much better obituaries! At 12:57 PM 8/1/00 -0600, you wrote: >An obit that I received for Herbert Gray who passed away in November 1970 in Indianapolis, states that Miller & Sons Funeral Home, Brazil, was in charge of services. I can't seem to find a Miller & Sons funeral home; were they bought by another funeral home? Where could I write for information on the burial; i.e., what cemetery and who was listed as next of kin? The obit from Indianapolis did not list any survivors. Also, where can I write to find out if there was an obit in the Brazil paper? > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm in South Dakota and I'm originally from Vigo County so I have very little experience researching in Clay County. > >Thanks a lot, >Sharon Collins > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >Visit the Clay County Indiana InGenWeb site at; >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclay/ > > > Laura E. Mitchell lmitch@iquest.net 2522 College Ave. lmitchell@vigo.lib.in.us Terre Haute, IN 47803 (812) 234-0692 Visit the Vigo County Public Library Webpage at: http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us or http://www.vigo.lib.in.us Genealogists: Check the VCPL webpage for an index of obituaries in the Terre Haute newspaper, 1903-1966, http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/~obits/index.htm VCPL now has the 1820 census of Vigo County online: http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/1820/index.htm