If the obit you want is not already online, you can order the microfilm from the State Historical Society, which actually has more Crawford County Newspapers than the library has. They charge for shipping and you get it for two weeks. Contact your local library. Or they can do the lookups for you, their link is also on the main page for more information. The Steelville Crawford Mirror started May 4, 1872. If you go with the library idea, the Cuba Library is really your only choice, that is is their copier is working. On Clarence you can probably call or write to Britton Brothers's Funeral Home. They probably have that on file, if they did the funeral. > Subject: How to Get Obituaries from Crawford Co.???? - Clarence FERGUSON > Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 19:38:26 -0500 > From: Sharon Clark <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hello, > > Can anyone please tell me how to get an obituary from Crawford Co.? Can > I send some money to the library and get one? > > I am trying to find some living descendants of my 4th g-grandparents, > Catherine GILMORE and William FERGUSON, who married 28 Oct 1793 in > Albemarle Co., VA. Three of their children moved to Crawford Co., MO: > Elizabeth FERGUSON MERRITT RICHEY, Obadiah FERGUSON, and Rev. William G. > FERGUSON. > > I found Anna and John R. FERGUSON in the 1920 Crawford Co. census, > Courtois Township, and it showed they had 3 sons: > > Jewel M., 8 > Joseph D., 6 > Clarence H., 2 years 9 months. > > I found Clarence L. Ferguson in the SSDI, born 2 Nov 1918, died 13 Jul > 1997 in Steelville, Crawford Co., MO. I couldn't find Jewel or Joseph > in the SSDI. > > I am hoping to find an obituary for Clarence, and I am also hoping he > was the son of Anna and John R. Ferguson. John R. was the son of Mary > Osburn and Simeon Ferguson, and Simeon was the son of Elizabeth Atwood > and Rev. William G. Ferguson. > > If anyone can help me with how to get this obituary, I will be so grateful. > > Also, if anyone knows anything about these Ferguson families, I'd love > to hear from you. > > Thank you. > > Best wishes, > Sharon Clark > Fort Worth, TX > [email protected] > -- Joe L. Miller Missouri Archive File Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/mofiles.htm Missouri Tombstone Project Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/missouri.html Research Coordinator - The Pinnell Family Network http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pinnell/ United We Stand..