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/DCB.2ACE/150.1 Message Board Post: Sue, the website for East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Courts is http://www.ebrclerkofcourt.org/. There you can find some of their indexes online. You can also get an email address and phone contact for the information you seek. As for the obituary for 1971, The Advocate (The Morning Advocate and the State Times in 1971) only post recent obituaries online back to 1998. They do have a web site where you can get information like a phone number or email address to get more information at www.theadvocate.com Good luck, CherrylM