Hello, In the past, I've had the papers sent from the California State Library to my local library (in California). My local library will no longer do this, but I believe that CSL will still send them out on ILL. You might check with your local library. Also, I found through the California Newspaper Project that the Contra Costa Library has the year you're looking for. It says they are in original format, which means paper copies, probably in "Big Books' - meaning you'd either have to go there yourself or ask CoCo library staff to do a lookup for you. Have you looked at GenealogyBank.com? There are several articles pertaining to Patrick Smith's death, mentioning his brother Mike, but not mentioning Thomas. These are all in the Anaconda, Montana papers. I can transcribe them for you if you don't have a subscription. (No other survivors are mentioned in these articles, but the pall bearers were: Ed & Willie McNichols; Arthur McGowan, Patrick Kelly and William & Patrick Dougherty). You might also want to ask for an obit on the Contra Costa list. Hope this helps, Dee At 11:51 AM 6/21/2013, you wrote: >Hi Dee, > >Thank you for all the information you provided from the newspapers. > >Do you know how I could obtain a copy of the Contra Costa Gazette for a >date in March 1920? My Great Uncle Patrick Smith died on March 8, 1920 in >Martinez. I have a copy of his death certificate. His body was sent my >train to Anaconda, Montana for burial where my Grandfather lived. I have >never been able to find where his brother Thomas was buried and wondered if >they might be an obituary in the Contra Costa Gazette and it might mention >his brother Thomas. > >Thank you, >Margaret Kristich > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dee Sardoch" <deesar@frontiernet.net> >To: <NORCAL@rootsweb.com>; <CACONTRA@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 11:20 AM >Subject: [NORCAL] Martinez, Contra Costa, California - 20 November 1875 > > >> The Contra Costa Gazette >> Martinez, Contra Costa County, California >> Saturday, 20 November 1875

Hi Dee, Thank you for all the information. I tried many years ago to locate more information about my Dad's two uncles. The story was that one of uncles (I thought it was Thomas but it could have been Patrick) owned property in Berkeley where part of the university had been built. I tried to get information about it but was finally in contact with the university department that handled acquisitions and they said no records regarding a lot of the earlier acquisitions. My cousin said that in 1922 two men went to Anaconda asking about relatives of probably Patrick Smith and it had to do with some property. My Grandfather Michael Smith came to California in 1932 to see where my Dad was living and decided he liked the area enough to move from Montana. Evidently he went up to the Bay Area to see about the property but was told it was past the statute of limitations and could not inherit his brother's property. I was hoping to find some information about the property which would lead to more information about my Great Uncles but I have never been successful. After reading your wonderful transcriptions for quite sometime, something clicked the other day and I decided to try and locate some records about Great Uncle Tom Smith. My Dad said all three brothers came to America together in 1891. My Grandfather Michael went back and forth to South America from San Francisco 5 times. I have never found a record of the 3 brothers on any passenger list and I haven't been able to find a San Francisco list of passengers to South America listing my Grandfather. The library in Montana sent Great Uncle Pat's obituary from the Anaconda Standard. The McNichols, Kelly and McGowan who were the pallbearers were my Grandfather and Patrick's cousins. The Doughtery brothers were my Grandmother Catherine Dougherty Smith's cousins from County Donegal. The Smith's were from County Mayo. When I was in Ireland in 1972 with my sister we heard a sad story from our cousins. Evidently my Great Grandfather Patrick Smith wanted my Grandfather Michael (the oldest) to marry the neighboring girl so the two farms would be joined. My Grandfather loved another girl but evidently his father would not allow the marriage. My Grandfather and his two brothers all immigrated to America, thus my Great Grandfather lost his three sons to America. It means a great deal to me to find the resting place of my Great Uncle Tom. My Dad never knew where his uncle was buried and I would like to find the location. It took several years before I found where Great Uncle Pat was buried. I will call the Contra Costa Library this week and see if they will look up the article. I didn't realize there were several article about Great Uncle Pat Smith's death in the Anaconda papers. I don't have a sub to GenealogyBank.com. Are you able to find a lot of information on the website? I just checked the website and searched for Patrick and was surprised to find more information. The Oil & Gas Workers Union sent a message to my Grandfather about his brother's death in Martinez. Amazing! Sorry for the long story but thought it might be interesting to have the background to my request. Thank you for your help and great information. I live about 2 hours south of Martinez but have some health issues that prevent me from traveling to Martinez. Thank you, Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dee Sardoch" <deesar@frontiernet.net> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 10:44 AM Subject: [NORCAL] Patrick Smith; March 1920 > Hello, > In the past, I've had the papers sent from the California State Library to > my local library (in California). My local library will no longer do this, > but I believe that CSL will still send them out on ILL. You might check > with your local library. Also, I found through the California Newspaper > Project that the Contra Costa Library has the year you're looking for. It > says they are in original format, which means paper copies, probably in > "Big Books' - meaning you'd either have to go there yourself or ask CoCo > library staff to do a lookup for you. > > Have you looked at GenealogyBank.com?