Thanks, Maggie. I went to the main Gresham library this afternoon and luck of all luck, they have the Gresham Outlook on film, thanks to the librarian who fought for it to be here rather than in downtown Portland. Within 15 minutes I had my photocopy and was on my way! I wanted to thank those who wrote with their suggestions. Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie" <[email protected]> To: "Carole Hammond" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [GFO] Obits for Gresham > You can, of course, check for an obituary in the Oregonian, Journal, > and/or any Gresham Newspaper extent at that time. > > At the GFO there is both a CD and a "rather difficult to read microfiche" > of deaths > in Oregon. That will tell you the date of death. Knowing that, you can > more > easily search newspapers for an obit up to two weeks after the death. > > If there was a Gresham paper then, the Oregon Historical Society Library > is likely to have the paper on microfilm. > > The Oregon Historical Society Library, the Oregon City Library, > and the Lake Oswego Library all have copies of microfilmed issues > of the Oregonian and some Oregon Journals and usable indexes of the same. > > Do you know at what cemetery the person was interred. Some cemeteries > are friendly about their files. Others are ridiculously not. > > Maggie >