I just want to emphasize the last part of Don's helpful message. When you want something via interlibrary loan, you must request it through your local library, not the library, wherever it is, that owns it. --- Don W <copperfielddon@yahoo.com> wrote: > Kathi: > The Buffalo, NY newspapers are available via the > inter-library loan program. Below is the link to the > New York State Library program. Since you have the > date you can request any newspaper microfilms > available that cover that date and at least a week > later. I would try these to start. > Buffalo Morning Express > Buffalo Evening News > Buffalo Daily Courier > Evening Republic > > http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/ > > Your library should be able to order these films. > > Don White > Erie County, NY State, and Province of Ontario > Coordinator > NewspaperAbstracts.com > http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php > > > --- grlswthguitars@aol.com wrote: > > > Hello All - > > > > I've been trying to get some information on a Thomas > > Crane who owned a saloon in Buffalo in the early > > 1880's. He's present in the City Directories until > > 1885, when his wife Mary is listed instead. I > > figured that either he died or ran off with the > > barmaid sometime in 1884. > > Then I found a record on an LDS film "Cardfile of > > Death Records from News Clippings, 1812-1985" from > > Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society. The card > > merely says "Thomas Crane, Sept 29, 1884 Age 34". > > There's no citation for the source. > > > > I haven't done any previous research in Erie County > > (I'm trying to tie this Thomas Crane back to an > > Irish family in Oswego) so I'm hoping that I can > > benefit from everyone else's experience. Can anyone > > tell me how likely it is that there would be an > > actual death certificate or record with the City > > Clerk in Buffalo? > > What about a newspaper archives covering this > > period? I'm thinking that since he was only 34, > > perhaps his untimely demise was a newsworthy event, > > and would rate more than just a standard death > > notice. > > > > I'm in California, so I can't pop over there and > > check, and I confess, I'm getting a little weary of > > paying $20 a pop for "no record found" reports. Any > > help, comments, advice would be sincerely > > appreciated. > > > > Kathi > > ISBGGS > > New York - Thompson/Crane/Bramm/Fleischer > > Wisconsin - Meissner/Steng/Deim/Zeinninger > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ > Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records > added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com www.buffaloresearch.com "My heart is moved by all I cannot save: So much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world." -Adrienne Rich