This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0RB.2ACI/510.2 Message Board Post: I was at our Special Collections Library and double checked on these. They only have INDEXES for obits from 1888-2000 and they only have copies of obits from 1951-2000. The library staff said that if a family chose not to pay for an obituary, then nothing would be in the newspaper. Sorry I couldn't find what you wanted.