Hi, This site will also allow you to find the day of the week in question. For example, if you know the date of the obit & it reads "died last Thursday", you can check that year, see what day the paper was printed & find when last Thursday was... _http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1776&country=1 Sincerely, Sally Huntley _ (http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1776&country=1)