Barbara, You don't mention where you live. Is the law local or state? I wonder who I could address a request to in a city like Houston? Gale Gorman Houston On Jun 27, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Barbara Marrs wrote: Where I live the newspaper is obliged by law; to print the name, death date and where they lived, when they within a 50 mile radius. at no charge. This is usally two to three lines. More than that and there is, you pay a lot. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Parker" <joanparker@intergate.com> To: "Gale Gorman" <gale_gorman@me.com>; "Nadine & Sid Snider" <tsni843@sunflower.com> Cc: "roots" <roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] newpaper obituaries > It also used to be that the funeral home sent the short (not a full obit) > death notice to the paper and included the small cost in the cost of the > funeral. Then the papers began charging much more for those brief notices > and families opted not to pay and there was no notice at all. How foolish > of the paper's economics. Wouldn't they be better off with say charging > $10 for 10 different two or three-liner announcements netting $100 then > charging $25-50 per and none being printed with zero $$$ ??? > > When a full obit is printed in some cases the family presents it to the > funeral director who in turn sends it in. Many folks, (including myself) > prefer to send in annual Birthday or Memorials honoring our beloved ones > to the paper, which includes the free Legacy page for a year. > > Good idea to check the funeral home's website. > Joanie > > Joan Parker > Immediate Past President > JGS of Greater Miami, Inc. > Miami, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gale Gorman > To: Nadine & Sid Snider > Cc: roots > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] newpaper obituaries > > > I found the same when my father-inlaw died. I had always assumed the obit > free. After that I quit looking at the paper daily to see who died. > > Newspapers used to be privately owned but today Hearst Publishing > probably owns most of them > > Gale Gorman > Houston > > > On Jun 26, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Nadine & Sid Snider wrote: > > We had coffee with some of my hubbys cousins and we were discussing the > cost of obituaries published in our local newspaper. A lady known to > several of the families obituary was in the paper about a week ago. Gave > her name and date service, but not funeral visitation. Two lines long if > that long. Well one person checked funeral home web site and a complete > one was on there. When my parents and my in-laws passed several years > ago, there was not cost to have published in local paper. Another lady's > father died about a year and half ago and the cost was $150.00. Today it > costs $800.00. Our local paper gets smaller and smaller and they have > laid off quite a few of their employees. > > Nadine >