In a message dated 9/18/2000 7:05:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > I was wondering if there is anyone out there in this really really > quite list that might be able to do a newspaper lookup for me? > > I am looking for an article on an accident that happened, I believe > in Bombay, the only thing I am sure of though is that it happened "up > north" > > I don't know if there even is one for sure but considering the > subject matter, I believe there very well might be. > > My great grandfather George Myers was driving a car while drunk and > had an accident that killed my great uncle Alexander Yaddow/Yeddo. I > can only tell you that the accident happened somewhere in the 1920's > or 30's. It most likely happened in Bombay. > > Maybe if someone could just do a death notice search for Alexander > Yaddow/Yeddo ( could be spelled any number of ways but Yaddow and > Yeddo were the predominate spellings during that time period) I would > at least have a time frame to go on if there were a notice written in > the paper. > The Malone Evening Telegram was in print in the period you mentioned. The web site: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/217.htm will give you the path to follow. Newspaper research is not difficult, but, having the time period is very important. Without that, you will have to look through several rolls of film. Send for the death certificate of Alexander Yeddo or look through the death index for the exact date of his death, the look for that particular microfilm. Mac