Hi, After my post yesterday answering a question concerning what newspapers are available for Lawrence County, several people have emailed to ask if these are online. Sorry to say that they are not. It would take many years to read through all the microfilm, type and put online. We just do not have that kind of time or staff. In order to research in these newspapers, you have several options. You can come to Lawrence County and view the newspapers yourself; we can perform research in them for you at $5 an hour plus 25 cents per page and postage; you can view them at the TN State Library and Archives; or you can order copies through your library's interlibrary loan program. Just keep in mind that finding an obituary in newspapers before 1900 would just be a stroke of luck. Very seldom have I found any. You had to be very prominent to have a few paragraphs. Most newspapers required payment of so much per inch of type set. Even up until the 1950's or 1960's you won't find an obit. for every person who died. Something you might find in the early 1900's is your ancestors death mentioned in each community's "gossip" column. Just about every community had a regular column that often told of a birth, death, marriage, and of course the usual so and so visited so and so. Kathy Niedergeses, Director Lawrence County Archives Bluefeth@aol.com wrote: > Kathy -- Does this mean we can search these online? Or do we have to > physically come to Lawrence County. Sorry, don't understand. If it's > online, please give address. > > Betty