Dan, I will give you information on the David A. Jones I am researching. To be honest, I am not sure if the David A. Jones I have asked a lookup for is the same one. That is one of the reasons I want to look up the obituary for him--because I keep running across information for him in various sources and do not know if he is the same David A. Jones as mine. I am hoping the obituary will clarify. The David A. Jones I am researching was born 2 September 1821 in Wales. I know nothing about his parents. I know that his wife's name was Margaret and that is all. As for his children, they were as follows: Mary Jones (b. 1844 Wales d. unknown) John Jones (b. 1847 Wales d. unknown) Rachel Jones (b. 1849 Wales d. unknown) Elizabeth Jones (b. 1852 Wales d. unknown) Ann Jones (b. 17 September 1854, Minersville, Schuylkill, PA m. John David Lloyd d. 22 Aug 1912, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado) Sarah (Jane) Jones (b. 1857 in PA d. unknown) Jemmimah Jones (b. 1859 in PA d. unknown) David Jones (b. 1861 in PA d. unknown) Joseph Jones (b. 1865 in PA d. unknown) I descened through Ann. Obviously, that is why I know more about her. Do you think you are related? Lloyd ***************** Please provide additional information regarding the family of David Jones especially children names. Thank you. Dan ***************** dorac@comcast.net wrote: Dear List, I'm looking for a kind soul to do an obituary lookup for me. It should be fairly quick, as I know the library, the newspaper, and the name and date range. I found an index to this newspaper's obits and know that the person I am looking for is in there, but I am out of state and can't look it up for myself. I am looking for the obituary for David A. Jones. He died sometime between 3-5 March 1886 (his obituary should be sometime after that, but not sure how close to that it is), and an obituary was printed for him in the Scranton Republican Newspaper. Copies of this newspaper are kept at the Scranton Public Library (they won't interlibrary loan it to me--I checked). Here is the link to the obituary index I found, showing his name: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/obits/obits1886c.html <http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/obits/obits1886c.html> I would be very grateful if anyone could help me with this. Sincerely, Lloyd