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    1. [OHDARKE] New Darke Co. OH/Randolph Co. IN resource
    2. Torres, Jane E
    3. Hello, All of you are familiar with Billy Baker and the help that he has provided for us on many, many occasions. He has now really outdone himself with his latest project! Billy has typed five full years of obituaries from the Union City Evening News, which in 1939 became the Union City Times-Gazette. The obituaries cover 1936-1940. When I put his original file into Word, if printed it would have been about 550 pages! We have indexed the files alphabetically by the decedent's surname and linked the index to the appropriate obituary but I STRONGLY suggest using the Find feature on your browser once you are on an obituary page. There are hundreds of surnames mentioned in the body of the obituaries that are not evident in the index. The obituaries cover not only the Union City area but much of Darke County as well as Randolph Co. Indiana and are often even further reaching into other states. I believe that this will be an excellent resource to all area researchers. The direct URL to the Informational page is: http://www.dcoweb.org/randolph/UCobits/index.html Presently the best way to search the obits is through the DCOWeb.org search engine on the www.dcoweb.org home page. This is a simple search engine so please use one word searches. Take the link at the top of the obituary pages to the Informational page, if you have not already done so - this page also contains the links to the yearly indexes. And, as I said above, once on the actual obit pages, use your Find feature. Many, Many Thanks to Billy and Enjoy! Jane Torres

    06/23/2003 06:52:26