Colleen, Thanks for the idea! I have tried local record holders--they said try the state level. I wrote to the state level, they said we don't have them, try the local level. Where did you find the newspapers? I am particularly concerned with Rensselaer Co, NY and Chittenden Co, VT. I couldn't even find a death record that occurred in 1910. Everyone says, I don't have it; try someone else. I am in Missouri, far removed from my mother's Eastern roots. Louise Hudspeth Columbia, MO colleen boose wrote: > When I haven't been able to locate church records, birth and death records, > etc. etc. etc. -- but DO have census record -- I have gotten microfilm > copies of newspapers and have gone through them to find wedding > announcements, obits -- quite often, I have come up with a little tidbit > that gives me a personality insight into the ancestor I am researching. > > An example: I was looking for a marriage record from 1834 in Rochester, NY. > Couldn't find a thing. After a lot of searching -- a newspaper from > Rochester carried the wedding announcement. BINGO! > > Newspaper research takes a lot of time -- when you don't know exact dates -- > but, if you have a general idea it can produce good results. > > Regards, > Colleen > Hager City, Wisconsin