Dear Bev: Did you try probate records? Even if they didn't have any money, there could be an Administration, if not a will. The Inquirer and Public Ledger are the main ones, I suppose the Bulletin was around at that time as well. Did you check the Inquirer on the online edition? Or on microfilm? Did you do it yourself? Or did you have someone do it for you? Did you check for a burial record from his church? Do you know what church he belonged to? If not, then pursue that avenue. Ken -- www.kennethwmilano.com -------------- Original message -------------- From: User917826@aol.com > Ken, > > Thanks so much for this information! Wonder if the Genealogical Society of > Pa. has records? > > I will check. Is there a local newspaper that I shoud be checking for an > obit? There is no obit in the Inquirer or the Public Ledger. My great great > grandmother, Maria Heck Pfeiff Rawlins was German and operated a "trimmings > store". Her husband Sam was English/Irish. Sam died in December of 1884, just > before Christmas and is buried at Greenmount. Unfortunately, but for a couple > of > City Directory entries and a death cert, I have no other info in Philadelphia > for him. I do have a passenger record, a naturalization record, a couple of > addresses in NYC and an entry in the 1880 census. None of this connects him > to his extended family. > > Regards, > > Bev W > > > ************************************** > AOL now offers free email to > everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message