In a message dated 6/8/99 10:30:45 AM Central Daylight Time, poomdoh@bellsouth.net writes: << Subj: [TNCHEATH-L] Recent Obituaries Date: 6/8/99 10:30:45 AM Central Daylight Time From: poomdoh@bellsouth.net To: TNCHEATH-L@rootsweb.com I just talked to Frank Sutherland's office this morning about putting the obits online and they said it couldn't be done because everything in the "Tennessean" was copyrighted. I also asked if they were going to put them on the internet and they said, "No". That's really a shame. It's another piece of genealogy that will be lost. Have a good day anyway. Jessie >> ============ Hi Jessie..... I hadn't contacted Mr. Sutherland (Editor at the TENNESSEAN newspaper) about whether they planned on putting the obits online at their website yet, but had intended to.....so you answered that question for me..... I did contact him last summer about the need for a genealogy column since the free one we had in the NASHVILLE BANNER was lost when that newspaper folded in Feb. 1998.....his response...so to speak.....was that "there is not enough interest in a genealogy column".....!!! On the matter of the obits themselves - the NASHVILLE ROOM at the Davidson County/Metro Public Library does index the names and the date of the paper for obits from the TENNESSEAN....but it just started, say, about 1968 or so (?)..... I do know you can call the NASHVILLE ROOM and request that a name be looked up if you think a person died during the time the indexing started until current dates.... If found, it will give ONLY the date of the TENNESSEAN and page number where the obit appeared.... Here is the online site for both the OBITS indexed at the NASHVILLE ROOM and also for the GROOM and BRIDE index of Marriages Recorded in Nashville, 1864-1905 <A HREF="http://170.142.222.25:82/search/">Click here: Nashville Local History Indexes OPAC menu </A> http://170.142.222.25:82/search/ Marriages Recorded in Nashville, 1864-1905 BRIDE GROOM Obituaries in Nashville Newspapers, 1977- NAME ======= Per a phone call to the NASHVILLE ROOM today....the lady said the obits started in 1964 and they are now working on putting the ones from 1966 - 1973 online..... They are up-to-date because I checked for an obit which was in yesterday's paper and it has already been included in the index. Hope this helps......I am sending to the other TN lists I am on for their information, too.... Nancy Goodman in Hendersonville, TN Email: Genny1@aol.com ------------------------