Thanks Susan, for the kind word...You know, I always thought that this was suppose to be fun. Now, tell me about Daughters of 1812. I have just sent for the military records for several 1812 Vet ancestors....and another of my ancestor, the Reverend Francis Doughty, Anglican minister, arrived in Mass. in 1638, and had congregations in Mass, on Manhatten, and later, in Va. He's was always in trouble (or misunderstood) somewhere, and so is well documented. He even had a poor soul brought up on charges of "witchery" at about the same time as the salem witch trials......only in Va. I'd be interested in info on both organizations. Again, thanks! sandra > From: Dar4me@aol.com > To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Newspaper obits. > Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 6:56 PM > > Dear Judi: > > What Sandy said to the group was not offensive. It is the truth. Having done > extensive research through the Ohio newspapers, unless a person can identify > the exact date, exact newspaper in which the obit appears, and the exact page, > it can be very difficult to locate the obit without hunting and pecking. The > layouts of each paper are different and require you to "get a feel" for where > you might find a particular obit. i.e. is it on the first page, buried in the > farm page, listed on the bottom of the social page? Volunteers will look if > you have specific instructions, but they cannot afford the time to do the > searching. Unfortunately this is a fact of research. > > These lists are to help each other the best we can and to share information. > There is no need to condemn anybody. If you take offense, please send a > private e-mail to that person who offended you. The OHJEFFER-rootsweb list is > not the place for that kind of thing. Sandy, thank you for being a helpful > person. Without people like you, research wouldn't be as much fun and a heck > of a lot more difficult. > > :-) Susan O'Brien > > Librarian General, Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars > National Chm. Star-spangled Banner House, Daughters of 1812 > National Counselor Year 2000, Nat'l Soc. of the Descendants of Colonial > Clergy. >