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/1MB.2ACI/2991.1 Message Board Post: Since you know the month and year of death, along with the place, go to www.funeralnet.com and locate the funeral homes in Joplin. Call or write to them, asking if they handled the arrangements. When you find the funeral home that handled the arrangements, ask them to please send you a copy of the Record of Funeral. IF the informant was a member of the family, it should contain quite a bit of genealogical information in regard to her family. Be sure to include a SASE if writing, and also to let the funeral home know you are doing genealogy research, and are connected to the family line. Good luck!