In a message dated 14/09/2002 8:18:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, PA-OBITS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Terry, > If you cannot find the obituary I recommend contacting the > cemetery. Usually they have the name of the funeral home. Most funeral > homes keep records as they supply the information for the death certificate > > and I have found in my case they kept a copy of the obituary. > > Sandy in Mass > Sandy: Tried it. Funeral home says they don't have any records going back that far. Strange because the particular funeral home was in business back in the late 19th Century. Terry C