In a message dated 5/26/02 7:02:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, TXMCLENN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: I have been t this library in the Genealogical Section and it is absolutely wonderful. I found a lot about my Great Great Grandfather and family there. Good luck, Joni Schildgen > > The Waco-McLennan County Library in the Genealogical Section has all of the > Waco > Times Herald (currently the Tribune Herald) newspapers from 1898 to the end > of 1999 > on microfilm. They have a dozen viewers and 3 machines that will print > directly from > the microfilm. They have a very extensive collection. > > Patrick Cuff > > Diane Farabee wrote: > > > I am searching for an obit for William Cooper Simons. He died in Waco > in > > the last half of 1948. He was born May 17, 1873. I believe he is buried > > somewhere around Waco. He had four brothers and four sisters. I do not > > know his parents names, but I believe that they lived outside of Waco on > a > > farm. He was married in 1898 to Carrie Belle Bays in Erath county. They > > were divorced in 1913 or 1914. If anyone can help with information I > would > > be grateful. > > > > If I can manage a trip to Waco, would the newspaper or the library be > more > > likely to have records of the papers from that era? > > > > Diane Farabee >