Thanks, Pat. I thought that likely. I had a terrible time figuring out the death date of an Ohio ancestor because his name was on the tax list for so long - finally I found the date his wife was appointed administratrix of his estate - about 5 years before her name appeared! I also followed your excellent suggestion and ordered the Civil War pension file from NARA. They have a whole new setup since the last time I tried to order anything from them - very easy. Joanne
Great! Yes, it's good news that NARA has entered the 21st c., better that you receive materials really quite quickly....in a matter of a week or so. I can remember when you wrote for the proper forms, waited weeks and then wrote for the material, waited more weeks. Good luck with Trowbridge and the people there. I have no idea how helpful they end up being. More sources you may or may not be aware of.......The downtown Kansas City KS library used to have a really nice and helpful librarian too. I believe they have what cemetery files have been transcribed http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/kscoll/Kscoll2.htm AND the KS Historical society is highly lauded, however, I have been told that they are not as friendly to researching for people. http://www.kshs.org/ More good luck, Pat On 5/6/07, Joanne Gaudio <jgaudio@charter.net> wrote: > > Thanks, Pat. I thought that likely. I had a terrible time figuring out > the > death date of an Ohio ancestor because his name was on the tax list for so > long - finally I found the date his wife was appointed administratrix of > his > estate - about 5 years before her name appeared! I also followed your > excellent suggestion and ordered the Civil War pension file from > NARA. They > have a whole new setup since the last time I tried to order anything from > them - very easy. Joanne > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >