Ladye - The Nashville Public Library downtown has microfilm of many (if not all) of the Nashville newspapers for a large period of time (I believe over 100 years). At that library is a special room called The Nashville Room which is full of books on Nashville history. Within that collection is a few books which index the obituaries in the Tennessean, which is a Nashville newspaper from way back. The obituary index is not all inclusive of all the years, but many. If you only had the date of death, the librarian could go to this book and find the date of the obituary. Or if you did not have a date of death, they might check the indexes for your surname. (?) Although you have the dates of the copies of the obituaries you are seeking, you may not always have this, so I wanted you to know that there are methods of finding them. With the dates of the obituaries (and name of the newspaper?) you can contact the library and for a very reasonable fee (I think it is $6 but not certain), they will go to the microfilmed newspaper collection they have and print a copy of the obituary for you and mail it to you. They are also very prompt. I am sorry that I do not have the phone number or address of the library (I live in Florida but visited this summer) for you. They have preprinted forms for requesting copies of obituaries. Whether you are allowed to phone in a request for a copy of an obituary, I do not know, but I would think they would need your payment in the mail before doing the lookup. I am not sure if they have email. Perhaps a Nashville researcher can help with these details and post to the list. The Nashville Metro Archives has also begun a file of newspaper clippings of obituaries. Jeanne Johnson -----Original Message----- From: Ladye Hunter <ladyejane@InfoAve.Net> To: TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com <TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 3:57 AM Subject: OBITUARIES >My greatgrand father, Thomas B. Yeargin died 16 Apr 1927. His obituary >was in the paper and I have a copy of it, but the top and bottom of it >are tattered beyond reading. Another great grandfather, Curd H. >Gillock died 8 Mar 1916. Same story. > >Without being in Nashville does anyone know how I might get copies of >these obituaries? > >And does anyone know if Nolensville, TN has a newpaper? or funeral home? > >Thank you, > >Ladye Jane Hunter >