This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3RB.2ACE/435.2 Message Board Post: Sharon, First I would like to know where you think this person might have lived that you want the obit for? Now this is what I have been told as far as obit's and stuff goes. I am going to give an example. Let say the person died in Candor, NY 13743, You could do the following. 1. Contact the Library. I do have the number. 2. Contact your library if your town has one. Ask them to do an inner library request. From what I have been told, a person can go to their home town library, an ask them to do a inner library microfish or microfilm request. ( only thought that it could be done with in the fingerlkes library system but found out differently.) Now in order to read the microfish or microfilm requested, the library that makes the request should have a reader for it. 3. If I also understand this right, it is a law in NY state and I think all over, that states that when a death happens that the library in the community of where it happened and or where the person was buried is supposed to have all the records as far as an obit goes. Especially if there is a news paper involved. 4. For example if the death occurred in Candor, and I know that Candor doesn't have a news paper any more. But there is one put out by the Finger Lakes community out of Trumansburg, NY, (I think I can find out the exact name from a friend of mine back home in Candor if your interested) An there is also the Ithaca Journal that prints obits from towns like, Spencer, VanEtten, Candor, Owego, Catatonk, Willesyville.. But this would be for later stuff in the middle to late 1900's and beginning of the 21st century. But the Journal in Ithaca would have a lot of information as well as Cornell university Library. You could contact them as well. Just go on line and inter Ithaca, NY Library at Cornell. I think that is how to access it. You might have to fiddle around a bit with it. Also you might be able to find it if you knew where the person who died lived. There was a paper in Spencer called the Spencer Needle. I don't know if it is still running or not. Like I said before it all depends as to when and where your person that you searched for lived and died. Your library is your best bet and I would do that first. That way, you find out from them more about the inner library loan program. Another posibility might be the Morman Research Center if you have one in your local area. They are so helpful. I hope this has given you some ideas as to what is available. Let me know if I can answer any more questions. Joan