It's amazing what you find in an attic!!! I have just found two scrapbooks of obits & articles from various Seattle & Eastside newspapers. It looks like somebody was "keeping an eye" on the competition...as the obits and articles cover all funeral homes in the Seattle area, not just Bleitz. The Seattle articles/obits run from 1970-74. The eastside articles are for the Kirkland Funeral Home, which I have just discovered, we have the records for. Kirkland Funeral Home was started in 1931 by J.J. Bleitz, managed by his son, James C....go figure. The articles are mostly about the funeral home, but there are some obits ranging in dates from 1931-32. Anyway, these 1970s obits and articles aren't part of my computerization project, so if anybody has a person who falls within these dates, I don't mind looking them up, just respond to this list. Eventually, I think I'll get this to the GenWeb folks if they're interested. As for funeral records for Bleitz Funeral Home c. 1919 to present and/or Kirkland Funeral Home c. 1931 to approx. 1950's (I haven't got that far yet), send a written request to Bleitz Funeral Home, 316 Florentia St., Seattle, WA 98109. There is no charge, but keep in mind that certain tidbits of information cannot be released. These would be any information about living individuals and any contract information. This is not only Bleitz' policy but Washington State law. Well, I hope this discovery will help some folks! As always, Cynthia Baxter