This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dgoldy1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.johnson/826.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Donald It looks like you might have to track this down through teh obituaries of the children. IF you go to this link you will see three obituaries listed. Click on each one to get the basic details and click on the request link to get a copy of the obituary. Maria K died in 1881 so finding an obituary for her is unlikely. Not many were published in the 1880s and before. I will take a look the next time I am at the library - but it may be several weeks. http://www.jocohistory.org/cdm/search/collection/obit/searchterm/Nicholas Reitz/field/subjec/mode/all/conn/and/order/nosort/ad/asc/cosuppress/0 This link lists the Reitz buried in Johnson County... http://cemetery.cottonhills.com/searchresults.jsp?fldSurname=Reitz&btnGo=Search You can search at the first link to see how many obituaries are listed in the index. Note that the index is a work in progress. Johnson County marriage index, though 1905, can be found here http://joco-ks.genweb.us/county-records/marriages/grooms/r.html And if you haven't seen this yet, here is a link to a genealogy with Nicholas SR listed http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=Reitz&stype=Exact&given=Nicholas&bplace=&byear=1813&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=1892&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search Hope you find what you are looking for. Dave Goldy Overland Park, KS 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.