My great-aunt, Nora (SMITH) CRISWELL had a son, Charles CRISWELL, who died in WWI & is buried, I believe, in France (Oise-Aisne Cemetery). My great-aunt was a Gold Star Mother & she lived in Martins Ferry, Belmont Co, OH. Does anyone know if there are perhaps copies of local newspaper stories re WWI deaths. Thanks so much. Nancy Edwards (in GA) (email: nsedwards@mindspring.com)

At 12:32 PM 6/5/00 -0400, nancy edwards wrote: >My great-aunt, Nora (SMITH) CRISWELL had a son, Charles CRISWELL, who died >in WWI & is buried, I believe, in France (Oise-Aisne Cemetery). My >great-aunt was a Gold Star Mother & she lived in Martins Ferry, Belmont Co, >OH. Does anyone know if there are perhaps copies of local newspaper stories >re WWI deaths. >Thanks so much. > Look in the microfilmed newspapers for Belmont at the Ohio Historical Society. You can get the film on interlibrary loan and you can find the film number and newspaper name on the OHS web page. I've found lots of stuff like this in the Monroe county newspapers. You might also want to check on Victory Day (now Memorial) parades in Belmont, Gold Star mothers were often invited to ride in the parades. Tom Bishop