Kim, You're welcome. 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 At 08:28 AM 10/29/2005 -0700, you wrote: >Norma I can not thank you enough. So much can be learend from an obituary. >Do you know how far back that paper goes? My families were spilt between >Warren Co, Butler Co and Montgomery Co Ohio. Thnaks again, this is >wonderful of you. >Kimberly Berkshire