Hi yes I have to agree with the funeral home because I contacted Forest lawn in Omaha, and they had a wealth of information about all my family and even copied the internment papers and sent on. Try that. Linda -----Original Message----- From: OmahaMom@aol.com <OmahaMom@aol.com> To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com <NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 5:45 AM Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Re: Obituary/Death Help... >In a message dated 9/8/98 5:47:10 PM Central Daylight Time, MonaNAriz@aol.com >writes: > >> NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com >We need to remember that for many people, an obit in the paper was too >costly--even today most of them are paid obits (which is why they can be >copied and reprinted without a lot of copyright hassle). Unless an individual >was a public figure, many times the family didn't feel it was >necessary--especially the way news travels in a small town. If the paper was >a weekly, often the funeral was over before the next edition was published and >so there was never an obit published. You might try checking with funeral >homes in business at the time, if they still exist. They might be able to >give more information about the ancestors in question. > >Karen > >