Marion, I agree that later obits are pretty easy to access if you go to the right place, but a lot of people work full time (me) and have very full lives and don't have a lot of time to "travel" to where they need to go to get info. Info from a list you are subscribed to can be invaluable in saving precious time. Thank you so much for you kind, polite observation. Janie Brown Hinton Surnames researching: B*R*O*W*N, S*C*O*T*T, H*A*Y*S, M*A*S*S*I*N*G*I*L*L, B*U*R*N*S, C*A*T*E*S, C*O*L*E*M*A*N, D*U*R*H*A*M, H*I*N*T*O*N, L*I*N*D*S*E*Y, L*O*W*R*Y, M*A*R*S*H*A*L*L, P*I*E*R*C*E, R*A*W*L*I*N*S*O*N, F*U*L*G*H*U*M, R*E*Y*N*O*L*D*S, H*E*N*R*Y -----Original Message----- From: marion donaldson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 8:52 AM Subject: Re: obits on line >I also have posted obits on a Ky. list that I am on,from my father's scrap >book. However, I started with the oldest obits and stopped before getting >to the 1940s as I assumed that after that time people had access to that >information. The older obits are so valuable as they gave world's of data >on the person who had died. My grandmother's in 1898,for instance, gave me >three to four generations prior to her,was a gold mine and I have it in his >scrapbook. Everyone should be so fortunate. > >Just my thoughts on obits, >Marion > >