This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sharplongancestors Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.randolph/3378.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You can e-mail the Randolph County Historical Society, it now has both a website and e-mail address. You can ask for her to look at both the city level and county level in the death indexes for his death. www.randolphcountyindianahistoricalsociety.org The e-mail address for the museum is on every web page. I am not going to write it here because of the spammers who glean addresses from these postings. I would also recomend that you write or call the Randolph County Clerks Office for a copy of his will. It might list his children. 100 S. Meridian Street, Winchester, IN 47394 I would also check for an obit on him in the Richmond Newspaper, the Union City Times, and the maybe the other Winchester and Randolph County newspapers, I would not just be satisfied with the one obit. There were many newspapers in Randolph County at that time. You will need to borrow microfilm from the Indiana State Library through your local library. The State Library has a list of all the newspapers they have microfilmed on line. And if they are not to busy, they will look for an obit in the other newspapers for you, to help you determine which papers he was in for you to borrow. You will have to check out the details on their website. If you find other newspapers with obit, you might also check that same newspaper a week or two before to see if he was listed in the sickness list, or the community coming and goings lists that they did back then. And sometimes a week or two latter a thank you is in the paper from the family for all the condolences and cards for the family. Every once in awhile, there is a poem written by a family member or close friend in the paper about the deceased as well. The museum does not have every newspaper in the county in microfilm, but we sure wished that we did. You might have to track down the kid's death info to prove he was their father and which wife was their mother. As far as undertakers, it was not a law that a body had to be prepared by an undertaker for burial, the family would of cleaned and dressed him for the wake and funeral and could of just purchased a coffin for the burial, and could of taken him, themselves, to the cemetery. andrea Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.