Keith, There is a site which I have attached the address for. It is to the Philadelphia Free Library. They have volunteers that look up requests for $1 sometimes they will send it to you email and you then send them some money or they may send it to you regular mail with a bill or both... I have been very successful in getting responses within 1 week to 1 month. You can send for them by regular mail or e-mail. By mail: Send a written request with the person's name, date of death (month, day, year) or burial date and a stamped self-addressed envelope. We will only check two newspapers. The cost of photocopying from microfilm is 50 cents per page with a $1.00 minimum. Maximum of 2 obituaries can be requested at one time. Send request to: Free Library of Philadelphia Newspapers & Microfilm Center 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia PA 19103 Email: Send a written request with the person's name, date of death (month, day, year) or burial date. We will only check two newspapers. The cost of photocopying from microfilm is 50 cents per page with a $1.00 minimum. Maximum of 2 obituaries can be requested at one time. Send request to: erefNEWS@excen.library.phila.gov Good luck. Ann On 4/26/06, keith hammond <ficus@euroweb.net.mt> wrote: > > Hi, > can any kind person please help ? I am looking for an obituary of an > Elizabeth Corah Close who died 21 March 1981 in the Philly area. Any help > would please be so kind as i live in Malta Europe. Thank you. > > > Keith Hammond in Malta. > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > Helpful abbreviations: (APS)American Philosophical Society, > [ARI]Annenberg Research Institute,(BI)Balch Institute,[DU] Drexel > University Library, FLP)Free Library of Philadelphia, [GHS] Germantown > Historical Society, GSP)Genealogical Society of PA, (HSP)Historical Society > of PA, LC)Library Company, [NARS] National Archives Regional > Branch-Philadelphia, PCA)Philadelphia City Archives,(PCH)Philadelphia City > Hall, (PJAC)Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, (RWA)Register of Wills > Archives,(TU)Temple University, (UP)University of Pennsylvania Libraries and > Archives > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > -- Ann Brown " Cookie"