Another way to obtain obits or contact newspapers quite easily anywhere in the US is to access the website www.ajrnewslink.org/. I often find obits in on-line newspapers around the country and it is really easy to cut and paste them into one's gen files. I check Nebraska newspaper websites almost daily and find a wealth of info. Of course, the really small papers which do not have websites are not here but you can usually ask the nearest major newspaper and they will help you locate the nearby,local small town newspaper if available. Bill Ehlers Leawood, KS. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 2:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NEBRRoots] why obits are important Hi, I am a Host on America Online Genealogy Forum. I work the Midwest States chat, a Beginners chat and I have a morning chat called MUGS & HUGS in Ancestral Digs room from 9 to 10 am. I also have two newsletters I send out every day. One is HUGS HOME COMPANION that I send out in the morning with recipes, stories jokes etc. In the Afternoon, I send out MUGS GENEALOGY HOME COMPANION To over 500 subscribers. The first page is general information. The second page is obits whether recent or way back which is appreciated by all who subscribe because these folks live all over the country and it is not easy for these folks to get back to the places their ancestors live and have found cousins through the obits. The third page is Rootsweb Review and the fourth one is Rootsweb Missing links. I am not advertising my newsletters, I just want you to know how much people appreciate getting the obits to locate their ancestors or their siblings and collateral relatives. Almost 9/10 of my subscribers are folks that are in their 60s, 70s and 80s or older who cannot travel to get this information. Please encourage your younger relatives to start searching and talking and listening to their parents and grandparents stories. My three sons had the opportunity of listening to my fathers stories around the holiday dinner table to the point they have some of them memorized. After Dad passed on the boys take turns sitting at head of table to start telling their stories. Please start that tradition in your families. HOST GFS [email protected] ==== NEBRRoots Mailing List ==== NEGenWeb Project. Visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/ Nebraska History & Trivia join: [email protected] List Admin: [email protected]