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/735.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: barbwire521 Here are a few resources you might want to check... The Johnson County Central Resource Library has two obituary indexes. The indexes are on line but neither of your Wilsons are included yet. The first index, starting in 1977 if for obituaries of Johnson County residents who had an obituary published in the Kansas City TIMES or STAR newspapers. The second index is for the various newspapers published in the county. It is a work in progress. The City of Spring Hill has had a newspaper for a very long time. They are starting to included that newspaper in the index. Request them to take a look. If they are found in the index you can request a copy of the obituary be transcribed and emailed or mailed via snail mail. Here is the email address... jclref@jocolibrary.org The second resource is Linda Lewis. Over the past few years she and others have visited almost every cemetery in the county and created a new burial index, with photos of the headstones. The last index was published in 1988 by the county Genealogy Society. She knows who to contact for the Spring Hill Cemetery records. She will contact them directly, on your behalf. She will not publish the contact information. The cemetery records should have the burial date. The Spring Hill newspaper was published on Thursday of each week. So the obituary likely as published within a two week period of the burial. Send that date to the library email address above and ask them them to check the Spring Hill newspapers for the obituary. Linda's email address is webmaster@cottonhills.com Put Something the the Subject line such as: Johnson County, KS Cemetery Information Request Or if you are local, go to the library yourself. The indexes are in an old card catalog file, on index cards. The usually give the date the obituary was published and the newspaper name or names. The microfilms are in cabinets right next to the index files. Here is the link to the library home page... Good Luck Dave Goldy Overland park, KS http://www.jocolibrary.org/ 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.