In a message dated 11/4/2003 9:25:33 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: If a mortuary is bought out or merges with another, then the records may be kept as the funeral home is still in business under a different name. But if they simply close, those records may well eventually be destroyed. A nice lady at Washburn-McReavy Mortuary told me that when they bought out/merged with another mortuary, they combined the two names for the new company. The old, original mortuary name will appear after W-McR. Shirley