Thanks to Jack, Cynthia, Dennis & sabolj@aol.com for your help with the issues relating to the matter of obtaining obituaries from the Cleveland newspaper(s) via the CPL. I think the critical words here might be the difference between a death notice, as found in the CPL Necrology Index, and an actual published obituary. Another critical point may be the matter of deaths that occurred before the time period represented by the more contemporary database, "CLENIX". I will inquire of the CPL as to whether they would be agreeable to searching the actual newspapers for deaths when a date of death can be supplied. Many thanks, Bette

On Wed, 11 May 2005 08:06:30 -0500, "Bette McIntosh" <bmcintosh@new.rr.com> wrote: >I will inquire of the CPL as to whether they would be agreeable to searching the actual newspapers for deaths when a date of death can be supplied. Just tell them that you could not locate it in the Necrology database BUT your sources indicate that the person did die on such-and-such date in Cleveland. They know that their Necrology database is not complete and will have no problem with such a request. They usually check the papers for a period of about a week after the date of death. Don't be surprised if it takes 3-4 weeks to hear back from them. I don't know what their backlog is these days. -- Dennis M. Kowallek kowallek@iglou.com ******************