If by "obit" here you mean one published in a newspaper, there is probably very little chance for this query, unfortunately. There were almost no newspapers published in Perquimans, Pasquotank, or Chowan counties in 1836. See the NC State Library for its newspaper titles/dates list by county: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ncnp/counties.htm Harold On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Tracy Jones wrote: > Yep, I've tried 'em all! I even wrote to the courthouse in NC and they > never replied to me. :-( I hate to bug the list about these things, but > you never know -- maybe somebody can access the records, huh? > > Tracy > At 12:00 PM 9/1/99 -0500, you wrote: > >I wondered if I could get someone to look up an obituary for me? If I've > >already made this request, please disregard this message, but I couldn't > >find it in my outgoing e-mail if I did. And the people on the listserve > >have been such a help to me, I figured I'd give it a try!! > > > >I'm trying to find the obit of my 3rd ggrandfather, John SIVAGE (sometimes > >SAVAGE), b. ca. 1794, died Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 1836. He was in the War > >of 1812. He was married to Anna MORSE (Morris/Moss) bef. 1826, and had at > >least four children: Isaiah b. 1826 Perquimans County; Lauretta b. ca. > 1828;