Hi Listers: I hit another BIG brick wall. I received my ggrandfather's death certificate (ELI (DICKINSON) which stated he died 5/6/1940 in Carbondale with no cemetery listed. Glen a fellow listed told me that the funeral director died right after my ggrandfather did without out it being passed down to a family member. I called the PA Funeral Directors Assoc for information, but none there. Any suggestions how I can find out where he is buried without calling every Cemetery in Carbondale. I plan on visiting Lackawanna the week of Sept 10th and hoping to be able to visit his grave. Thanks Verna

Verna, don't overlook newspapers as a source. Back issues of the Carbondale Leader don't seem to exist for roughly 1932 to 1945 (which includes the 1940 dates you want) and so are not on microfilm. However, the Scranton Tribune does exist. I'm no expert on Scranton newspapers but here goes. Problem is that many days the Tribune put out four editions: City Final, DownValley, Northeast, and Upper Valley. Carbondale was/is serviced by the Upper Valley Edition. On microfilm today, at least one edition exists for most days in that period, but it could be ANY one or a couple of those four editions. Now for the good and more bad news. Good news is that often the death notices for the >entire area< were printed in all four editions. Bad news is that the obituaries were often only printed in the one edition that covered the area where the person lived. The Tribune microfilm is housing in several places including the Scranton Public Library. State Library of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg is involved with many of the microfilming programs thruout the state and might be the best place to find a complete list of sites. Back when I was doing my Tribune research, I did it at the Bloomsburg State College library. A death notice is a lot less than an obituary but a lot more than nothing and may answer your question. Glenn NJ Mrsclocks@aol.com wrote: >Hi Listers: > >I hit another BIG brick wall. I received my ggrandfather's death certificate >(ELI (DICKINSON) which stated he died 5/6/1940 in Carbondale with no cemetery >listed. Glen a fellow listed told me that the funeral director died right >after my ggrandfather did without out it being passed down to a family >member. > >I called the PA Funeral Directors Assoc for information, but none there. Any >suggestions how I can find out where he is buried without calling every >Cemetery in Carbondale. I plan on visiting Lackawanna the week of Sept 10th >and hoping to be able to visit his grave. > >Thanks >Verna > > >==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== >Have you visited some of the surrounding counties? http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/#Surrounding_Counties >To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > >