Copies of all Cleveland newspapers are on microfilm at the Main CPL branch. Check with the librarians there, but I'm sure some procedure is in place to deal with out-of-towners. -----Original Message----- From: Bette McIntosh <bmcintosh@new.rr.com> To: OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 11 May 2005 07:06:24 -0500 Subject: [OHCUYAHO] CPL Necrology Index Hello, Thank you for your information. Now, could you please tell me how should I, a non-resident of Ohio, check the Cleveland newspapers for an obituary assuming that I know the date of death. Can this be done on-line or done by postal letter directly to the Cleveland newspaper or some other way e.g. RAOGK? Which is the best most efficient route to take in making the inquiry for an obituary? Thank you, Bette > If you know the date of death, check the newspapers on the days following > that date. I found my great-grandfather's death notice (1922) and his > son's death notice (1907) in the Cleveland newspapers, when they were not > in the necrology. I asked the librarian about this discrepancy, and he > replied that when the necrology file was in hard copy in file cases people > would remove them for various reasons (they wanted a remembrance of the > death or they didn't want the record on public view). He said this > happened more than you would imagine. Every time I can't find an item that > I really need in the necrology, I check the Cleveland newspapers. ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== Please visit the Cuyahoga County GenWeb website at (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm) ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx