Hi Brooke, It's Carla again. Just thought I'd offer my 2 cents here with respect to your obituary request. It's definitely something to be followed up on, but it's been my experience in looking for this type of info in the old Troy newspapers, that in the years before about 1900, death information contained in those papers is sorely lacking. Unless the deceased was a person of some note OR died in some unusual circumstance (murder or tragic act of God or suicide), then the only mention in print is the death, perhaps place of death and date. That's IT. It's very disappointing. Obituaries such as we see now were not common. At least not for the common folk. The Rensselaer Co. Library in Troy has all the newspapers on Microfilm, including the Budget. I'm taking a week off from work in July and will be going down there. Please make a list of the Troy-related items you need and I'll see what I can find for you. Good wishes, Carla Searching: Phelps, Lowell, Kearney, Bush, Heelan, Petersen