Diane wrote: > I would like to get obituaries on Heeney/Keegan family members. The dates of the obituaries run from the 1850's through 1974. Is there a library that will research > the names and dates and find the obits and copy them? > > Diane Shaw > St. Louis, MO > > ==== KYJEFFER Mailing List ==== > http://www.alhn.org and http://www.ahgp.org > Go here for additional American History resources. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 To the List: I contacted the Louisville Free Public Library regarding lookups for obits and any fee. They will do lookups at a cost of $10.00 per obit. FYI Some people may not realize how difficult and time consuming it is to search for obits in these early newspapers. There was no specific section that they were listed in as we are accustomed to. They would put them in wherever they could find space. Therefore, you have to search through every column of every page. Also, there were several different newspapers during the same time periods. The earlier newspapers usually give minimal facts. And then again, they may miss listing the obit completely. I have a list of the names of the newspapers and their dates of operation. Since I cannot put an attachment to the mail list, if anyone wants it let me know. (The list is too long to type out so I scanned it and would have to send to you as an attachment) Janis in Louisville