Mary, You are unlikely to find an on-line obituary back that far. However, if you go about it systematically you can find out the name of the newspaper, the date the obituary was published, and the page number. First try to find the date and place of death. The Social Security Death Index (available on-ine at http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ ) lists one "Ann A. Alsheimer," b. 14 June 1911, d. 5 November 1998, last residence Pittsford, Monroe County, NY. (Pittsford is near the city of Rochester.) If this is the same person, and this person died in Pittsford, the Town Clerk in Pittsford, NY, would have the death record on file and could tell you the name of the newspaper in which an obituary would have been placed. It's worth a phone call. (While you're on the phone, ask the Town Clerk if he/she happens to have the phone number of the Public LIbrary in Pittsford.) Then phone the Public Library in Pittsford, NY, tell them you have a REFERENCE QUESTION (they may need to fetch someone else to take your call), and ask them which local libraries have that newspaper available on microfilm. (If you can do this by e-mail, even better. Just keep every message SHORT and SIMPLE.) Chances are that they have the newspaper right in their little library. That means they can answer your reference question. Tell them you have an obituary for a 1998 Pittsford death and you need only the name of the newspaper, the date the obituary was published, and the page number. Offer to call them back later (get the name of the person you're speaking with). [Or ask if they can handle this reference question by e-mail.] The reference librarian will probably say, "Sure, that'll be easy. What's the person's name and the date of death?" The information you need may not be available until the reference librarian can get to it, which might be later that day or the following day, but as long as you know when to call back and to whom you are speaking, you should have your information shortly. Since you already have the actual obituary, you should have no problem getting your question answered. (I had the same problem--obituaries snipped from the newspaper and stored in Grandma's photo box. But I found reference librarians to be worth their weight in gold--for them this is an easy problem to solve. They'll be glad you don't need a printout of the obituary itself.) Good luck! Joanne Garland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Walters" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 10:03 PM Subject: [NYONEIDA-L] Not old Oneida Obit > --=======26422DC======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-820211B; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > I was wondering if there were links to any local newspapers that had > obituaries online as far back as 1998. I am looking for the source of an > obituary for Augusta Ann Alsheimer . I have the text, but my > well-meaning relatives never mentioned where the obituary came from, and I > have only a general idea as to when the death took place. Any help would > be greatly apprciated. > > Mary > > --=======26422DC======= > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-820211B > Content-Disposition: inline > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by AVG. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.505 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/30/2003 > > --=======26422DC=======-- > > > ==== NYONEIDA Mailing List ==== > Contact the List Manager at [email protected] > Oneida Co Surname page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/oneida.html > List Rules http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/mailing.html > Oneida Co Genealogical & Historical Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida/ >