This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: pierce betz van middlesworth vanmiddlesworth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1766.1 Message Board Post: there is a guest book for this person at http://legacy.com/Kalamazoo/Guestbook.asp?Page=Guestbook&PersonID=2780214 legacy.com is a good source for contemporary obits... (one can usually look for up to one month of the death and find an entry if one was placed in one of the many newspapers that participage in their on line service... I note that the CHICAGO TRIBUNE participates in legacy.com..... and for one month after the entry of the obit, the guest book remains on-line which can be a good source of contact information for OTHER relatives.....