In a message dated 9/3/98 12:02:28 AM Central Daylight Time, arenfro@worldaccessnet.com writes: > NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com Check back with the library. Did your check get cashed? Did you have a specific date for the death? If you know the death date within a minimal time frame, they can look it up and get a copy for you. They don't have the staff for extensive research if you don't have a target date for them to check around, however. The library does have an obit file that has Omaha World Herald obit clippings primarily from about mid-'80's to present time. G.O.G.S. volunteers & the D.A.R. have been busy clipping & filing. There are scattered references before then from the World Herald and a few other papers, but nothing comprehensive. Address your follow-up: Attn: Tom Heenan. He's the head of the History- Soc/Science department. He can check on it for you. If you do not have a date for them to check, Greater Omaha Genealogical Society will do research for $10/hr. Their address is PO Box 4011, Omaha, NE 68104. Their volunteers do have the time to do a longer search, but it will help if you can narrow it down to a few years, since newspaper microfilms will have to be searched. Also, next Tuesday I will be getting some boxes with deaths notices from the late 1800's (I understand there are about 3 years worth--not all of these will have obits, as they didn't come from the newspaper.) I will post the info as to what years are involved when I get it so that you can send an inquiry if the dates match any of your people. (I know--this is getting long) You might also be interested in knowing that some of us are starting a project to index the Omaha World Herald death notices. (The index will only include the Greater Omaha area, unless it specifically states that the person was from the Omaha area originally...Douglas, Sarpy, Pottawatamie co IA--type thing.) Margaret Forsythe will be doing the 1950's; my aunt & I will do the 1940's. Two others will be picking up additional decades when they finish moving, vacations, etc. It will be awhile before we get much done on these, but we will keep you updated as it goes along. Presently, there is no index for these years, and the SSDeath index doesn't pick up many that early...not computerized, or something. We will work our way back in history...we have all of the World Herald on microfilm...and if we aren't burned out by then, will try the other historic Omaha papers, we have most of them on micro as well. We had played with Sep of 1900 to see whether we ought to start with 1900 or not. Deaths seem to have been picked up from across the country via wire service or something such, as few were Omaha area for the 3 weeks we worked on. (Murders from all across the country, soldier death lists, Galveston TX disaster death lists, etc.) Plus, they weren't all in one spot in the paper as they have been since the 20's...much slower to sift through all the pages. So we are starting with the easiest stuff first...so we can make more available faster. Karen