Norma, Would it be possible for you to look for an obit in the local newspaper for a death that occurred in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio on 25 January 1874 for Emma (Anna) WEISS (Weis). She was the daughter of Chris & Dora WEISS of that city. Thank you for any help that you might be able to give to this request. Bette >The paper goes back pre-1900 but the further back you go the more issues >you find missing. Some years entirely are missing. > You don't always find obits with any information either. Sometimes it > only says they died and when the funeral will be. I found my > gg-grandmother's obit in 1896 but all it had was that she had died and > would be buried at 8am the next morning. If I hadn't had her death date > from church records, I wouldn't have known for sure it was her. Obits > are wonderful when they give info, but as with any information, it's only > as good as the person who gave it. > > Norma

Bette, The Middletown library doesn't have the Hamilton papers on film, only the Middletown paper. I will check on it next time I go,though, just in case it might have been in there. There is several years where there is no film at all available. I'm thinking 1874 is in those missing years. Norma At 10:03 PM 10/29/2005 -0500, you wrote: >Norma, Would it be possible for you to look for an obit in the local >newspaper for a death that occurred in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio on 25 >January 1874 for Emma (Anna) WEISS (Weis). She was the daughter of Chris >& Dora WEISS of that city. Thank you for any help that you might be able >to give to this request. >Bette