The main newspaper index at Newark Public Library would be the one for the Newark Evening News, I think. There is a biographical index for each year, sorted by the first 3 letters of the surname. That does index obituaries - but not the (smaller) paid death notices, which are often considered classified ads and which many people had who did not have an obituary. I don't know if they do mail reference for the index - but it would certainly be worth trying. They also have other indexes by subject - like crimes, business stuff, other things like that. One thing to note about the Evening News indexes is that they were done at the time the papers were published and they indexed ALL the day's editions of the paper. Unfortunately, only ONE edition of the paper was kept and microfilmed. It is, therefore, possible to find something or someone in the index and have the article or obituary NOT be in the microfilm. Often you can find at least some mention - maybe the death notice, say, in the filmed edition or in the previous or next day's paper - but the indexed item may only have been in an edition that wasn't kept. There is a card index to the Star Ledger for later years. I think it covers unusual deaths (maybe accidents and murders, say) and maybe obits for famous people - but I don't think that it does obituaries or death notices for the general populace. I've used it to locate news items or stories and haven't found it to be helpful for obituaries. I don't know if they do mail reference for that card catalog either - but you can ask. (I've only used the indexes in person in the library - where the staff is always most helpful!!) Joan M. Lowry mailto:[email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NJESSEX] Star Ledger index at Newark Library > > > Hello:- > > Is there anyone out there that has used the Star Ledger index at the Newark > Library??? > > I understand that if you have a name, this list will indicate the date the > name appeared in the Ledger. I'm trying to pinpoint dates.... > > Please let me know how it works, availability, etc. any help.... > > Thank you. > > Rob > > ______________________________