Hello Folks, I have a favor to ask of someone who has access to any newspapers or newspaper microfilms that cover the year 1878. My brick wall is my gggrandfather, Thomas Myers who I believe died on June 5, 1878 (according to his headstone, but no verification through vital records). I am asking for a lookup of his obituary in the Troy newspapers. I will be very happy to return the favor, and do more lookups from microfilms of Troy deaths before 1880 (Burial Records from the Mt. Ida Cemetary...) once the films come in. I anticipate these FHC films will arrive in 2-3 weeks, as I just reordered them and will have access to them permanently. When I visited the Troy Public Library (visiting from Colorado), I only had a short amount of time to spend looking for this record. I only saw that two microfilmed newspapers for this time period were available...one for the Troy Daily Times, and the other for the Troy Daily Press. It is quite plausible that I missed the obituary announcement when I looked at these, as I was having trouble seeing print on the microfilm reader that was available. Thomas was married to Hannah Ryan (possibly Johanna Ryan). From the 1900 census, Johanna (or someone) reported that he had 10 children, but I only know of 7 at this time. The children's names that I know of are: Cecelia (spelled in a variety of ways), Michael, William, Margaret, Thomas, Hannah L., and Mary. I have found Thomas in the Troy interments microfilm (Burials at the Mt. Ida Cemetary) that we had discussed weeks back, but I was not able to find detailed information from this. Only that he died in what was called the Brother's Asylum. I still do not know what or where that was. I believe that his last residence (before the Brother's Asylum) was at 130 Bedford St. in South Troy, 9th ward. He was of Irish descent, and belonged to St. Joseph's Catholic Church. I believe he was a moulder or some sort of metalworker/laborer while in Troy. He was born about 1833 in Ireland, but I do not know the exact date or place. I do not know when he came to the States, but suspect it was around the Potato Famine years. I found other possible newspapers where this obit. MIGHT appear in from the NYS Newspaper Project. They are: the Troy Northern Budget, the Troy Volksfreund (if this is a German paper, I'm not sure if it would be here), and the Troy Weekly Times. I did not see these microfilms at the Troy Public Library, but again I may have overlooked them. Any help is appreciated, and I especially thank you for your patience in reading this message. A note...I'm having trouble borrowing newspapers through my school's library at the present. Very Sincerely (and eager to return the favor), Brooke Myers