In a message dated 7/30/2006 12:06:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, stu3rvers@verizon.net writes: This may be a dumb question, but were there area newspapers as early as 1854? I'm hoping to find an obituary of Daniel SLAWSON who died Sept. 23, 1854. He is listed in a transcription of the Trumansburg (Grove) Cemetery(s), Town of Ulysses, Tompkins Co., NY under the spelling SLAUSON I have the listing of "veterans buried in grove cemetery" I show Henry H Slauson, Civil War 137th NY Infantry Have you peeked at our volunteers website? _Tompkins County, NYGenWeb - Chapter X_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytompki/Landmarks/landmarks_ch10.htm) _Find A Grave_ (http://www.findagrave.com/) _Cemeteries_ (http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/cgi-bin/cemetery.cgi?surname=Rumsey&afsrc=1&o_xid=0022478094&o_lid=0022478094&o_xt=41225856)