This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: daw640 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.trumbull/5090.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Gloria, There are 3 reasons that someone may be missing from the Ohio Death Records: a) they were already dead before the records were kept, b) they no longer lived in Ohio, c) they were simply not recorded. I assume that you checked the Ohio records which began in October, 1908 so I checked the earlier records (1867-1908) which were kept locally and not by the State. Neither James nor Rosanna were listed in those records either. They also do not appear in the US Census of 1910 in Ohio (or anywhere else as far as I can determine). Next, I checked for Rosanna in her previous marriage in the 1880 Census. (As you probably know, the 1890 does not exist, having been destroyed by a fire in the Department of Commerce building in Washington in 1921.) Here I had some success. She is listed with her first husband, Sylvester, and four children, the youngest of whom is Wilson, born in July 1879. The reference is: 1880 Pennsylvania, Beaver County, Big Beaver Twp.; Enumeration District 177, page 79D (see attachment) A map of Beaver County is here: http://usgwarchives.org/maps/pa/county/pausgs.htm Also listed is her *brother* Thomas McColum [sic], so you now have her maiden name. Further searches in earlier Censuses may locate her with her parents. The Warren-Trumbull County Library also houses the Local History and Genealogy Center, which has many obituary indices. You might contact them to see if they can locate an obit for either Rosanna or James. The URL is: http://www.wtcpl.org/site/c.iqLSI0OyGnF/b.3443837/k.AD25/WTCPL_Local_History__Genealogy_Center.htm I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck! Dave W. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.