Hi Linda, Nice to hear from you again. These libraries where I live are a joke. They have no way of reading these films and I do not drive. No such thing as public transportation in these parts. You may as well be living in the back woods. :-D I have never hear of Dick so I have not talk to him at all. Does he have an e-mail address that I could write to him? I am just hoping there is a little bit more info in the obits than what a plain death cert. will give. You know, give the person a soul. I just wish it did not take so darn long to get a document out of either the town clerks or from Albany. I know with Albany, I can expect to wait a minimum of 6 months for the document. You have a nice day and thanks for the tip. Sue [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 13, 2000 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [NYCLINTO-L] Plattsburgh, Clinton County Obit Look-up >Realize this is probably too obvious a suggestion, but since you have the >death dates, have you tried ordering microfilms of newspapers through >Inter-Library Loan, and reading the papers yourself? > >It's not hard; it just requires some time at a microfilm machine. Your >library's eference department probably has a volume that lists newspapers on >microfilm. (If they don't, call or write the Plattsburgh Public Library and >ask them to tell you what reels to order.) You can order reels for the >appropriate period. A few years ago, I started with the earliest papers >available for Plattsburgh, and ordered several reels (a pre-PLATTSBURGH >REPUBLICAN paper). Because the papers were so small a reel was several >years' worth of editions. Found an amazing amount of information, including >a great deal of information not listed in 10,000 VITALS... > >Also, have you written to Dick Ward? He's been reading papers on microfilm >for many years, culling the information for his card file. > >Linda > >