Tim - thanks for the lead. I have already found some information to add to my data base. BTW - you can sign up with the Citizen Standard to have a weekly reminder by email that new information is posted. Lora (not in any particular order) Searcher for Lefflers, NASCAR fan, Collector of Shawnee pottery ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Shipe" <timothy-shipe@uiowa.edu> To: <PANORTHU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:19 AM Subject: [PANORTHU-L] Obituaries Online > I was pleased to discover that the Sunbury Daily Item website > (http://www.dailyitem.com/) now displays the full text of obituaries. You > can click on the obituaries link on the left side of the screen or go > directly to the obituaries at http://www.legacy.com/dailyitem/LegacyHome.asp. > > The current day's list of names appears on the screen; highlight a name and > click on "display", or just double click on the name, to show the full > text. You can click on the calendar to see the list for an earlier date. > (The first available date is Saturday, 14 February 2004.) You can search > the entire obituary database by last name of the deceased--this should be > useful a few months or years down the road, assuming that they intend to > retain all of the obituaries. There is also a keyword search feature, but > it only works on the current day's obituaries, so it's hard to imagine that > being of much use. > > The Shamokin-Mt. Carmel News Item obituaries have been available online for > some time now at http://www.zwire.com/site/news.asp?brd=2311. (The link is > on the right; you have to scroll down to get to it.) And the Citizen > Standard site (http://www.citizenstandard.com/) has online obituaries > covering the Mahantango and Hegins Valleys and neighboring regions. Both of > these websites have more extensive search capabilities, so you can search > for a surname in the text of all the obituaries. > > I thought some folks might find these links useful. > > Tim >