Good Afternoon all. I have been trying to decipher a very difficult to read obituary from 1896. I have a link to my dropbox folder to 3 different picture versions of the obit (jpg, png and tif) as well as the PDF from newspaperarcive.com Obituary files <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dgq5qxa4h0mu7o9/F4TKE1Np4z> Here is what I have so far: James Carlisle Dead On last Sunday at 11 o'clock the .... and old.. ... had been ... ... ... ... ... which is finally ... He leaves a wife and three...children to mourn the loss. The funeral service was held at the home conducted by the Rev ... of the Presbyterian Church, after which the... was laid to rest in the Westview Cemetery. Thanks for your help in advance. (This has been driving me crazy for some time, so your help in restoring my insanity is appreciated) -- Sincerely, Robert M Ankenbauer Jr

I can fill in a few of the blanks. On last Sunday at 11 o'clock the . . . and old resident of . . . He leaves a wife and three small to mourn the loss. The funeral service . . . after which the remains were laid to rest in Westview cemetery. Is this in Atlanta? Janet Tanksley jjtgenealogy@gmail.com On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Robert M. Ankenbauer Jr. < robert@yesterdaysmysteries.com> wrote: > Good Afternoon all. I have been trying to decipher a very difficult to read > obituary from 1896. I have a link to my dropbox folder to 3 different > picture versions of the obit (jpg, png and tif) as well as the PDF from > newspaperarcive.com > > Obituary files <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dgq5qxa4h0mu7o9/F4TKE1Np4z> > > Here is what I have so far: > > James Carlisle Dead > > On last Sunday at 11 o'clock the > .... and old.. > ... had > been ... > ... > ... > ... > ... which is > finally ... He leaves a wife > and three...children to mourn > the loss. The funeral service was > held at the home conducted by the > Rev ... of the Presbyterian > Church, after which the... was > laid to rest in the Westview Cemetery. > > Thanks for your help in advance. (This has been driving me crazy for some > time, so your help in restoring my insanity is appreciated) > > -- > Sincerely, > > Robert M Ankenbauer Jr > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Janet Tanksley jjtanksley@gmail.com