Hello to all you Iowans out there, I couldn't agree more about the newspapers- and that you cannot find this stuff on line. The problem is access-- and time! Not all historical societies do interlibrary loans either. Do you know of a conscientious someone who would look up old obits or news stories in Iowa papers (hopefully on file in Des Moines-I have already tried the town where the paper was published-both the newspaper office itself and the local historical society) for a fee? Florence J in Kansas