This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HAB.2ACI/869.1 Message Board Post: Minga Most likley Gordon's obituary was published in the Kansas City (MO) TIMES or STAR newspapers. They are the major metropolitian newspapers for the area. Your best bet is to contact the Mid Continenant Library Genealogy Dept in Independence, Mo. They have an obituary scrapbook of all obituaries published in both the TIMES and STAR newspapers from 1979. It is indexed, so it is no problem to find an obituary with only the Social Security Death information, as you have. Visit this link, and send an email request to the email address in Item 5. They can transcribe the obituary and return it to you via email if you want. They will also tell you if they do not find an obituary. It usually only takes a couple of days for them to transcribe the obituaries, so the service is pretty fast. http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/branch/ge/researchpolicy.htm Your request will need to state the name, death month and death year for them to find the obituary. The index is partly keyed to the death date. Good Luck Dave Goldy Overland Park, KS