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/WMB.2ACE/4921.1 Message Board Post: See if your local library will order the St. Louis newspapers through the Inter Library Loan (ILL) program. The library needs to have a microflm reader. If you had the exact date of death dd/mm/yyyy, you could request a lookup from the St. Louis Public Library. http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/geneinfo.htm If the person died in Missouri, you can buy a death certificate from the State for $10 or $13.00. Think they raised their rates recently. http://www.health.state.mo.us/