In a message dated 12/13/2001 7:29:41 PM Central Standard Time, JoyceJ1@aol.com writes: > JOSEPH FITZPATRICK was born August 15, 1832 in Ireland and died January 27, > 1911 in Davey, Lancaster co. NE. CATHERINE DAVEY FITZPATRICK was born May > 17, 1941 in Ireland and died June 24, 1901. I think you meant she was born 1841 ---must be a typo if she died in 1901. Have you tried contacting the Nebraska State Historical Society to see if they can locate a death record? Of course there may not have been one since those records were not kept too well prior to 1904. Here are some places to try for assistance. Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogy Society Post Office Box 30055 Lincoln, NE 68503 Nebraska State Genealogical Society P.O. Box 5605 Lincoln, NE 68505 Nebraska State Historical Society P.O. Box 82554 1500 R Street Lincoln, NE 68501 Phone: 402-471-4783 1-800-833-6747 There are also professional researchers who will do genealogical research or search records in Nebraska for a fee. They do not have an affiliation with NEGenWeb and NEGenWeb cannot be responsible for their work. You must make any arrangements directly with them. If you have a complaint about any researcher's work, please contact us, so that the name can be removed from the list. http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/basic/research.html Take care ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html Harrison Roots & Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of these Rootsweb mail lists : NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, BRICE-L Surname, BRODY-L Surname, BLUNT-L Surname, CALDWELL-L Surname, WEITZEL-L Surname, & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L . We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne