Hi Jim, I think if you could find the year of death, someone at City Hall would look it up for you. What makes it confusing, is that there are two places where St. Albans records are kept-City Hall and St. Albans Bay Town Hall. I have my information listed for Mitchell as St. Albans Bay. I can't be totally sure, I've spent many hours at both places and have written down pretty much all the information I could find for every Rich (and Richard, Richs changed their names several times from Richard to Rich and then back again.) I don't have a date of death for Mitchell. I have him listed in the 1900 Federal Census. I have daughter Nellie married to Lewis Rich1/21/1901. As far as the Messenger obits go, sometimes they are very complete, (obit for one of the Richs "gored by a wild bull" ) sometimes none at all. I have gone to every cemetary in St. Albans and have written down every Rich. I can't find Mitchell in any of my notes. My sister and I have been working on this together,I'll ask her to look through her notes for something I may have missed. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <Vlaicu57@aol.com> To: <cdemers@together.net> Cc: <VTFRANKL-L@rootweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [VTFRANKL] Thomas and Mary Moss Carroll, Mitchell and Mary Carroll Rich, ... > Hello Carolyn > Thanks for the e-mail on the Rich family of St. Albans. Mitchell Rich and > wife Mary Carroll Rich were long time residents of St. Albans, and certainly > had lots of kids. Am hoping to find out when they died, also hoping for obits > on the two from St. Albans Messenger. Just how cooperative was City Hall for > you? If I did find the year they died from city directories, do you think > city hall would look up the date for me? Have you used St. Albans Messenger? > Would love to know if it was a good paper for obits, especially for 1980s to > 1920s. St. Albans Library did look up St. Albans Messenger to see if Mary > Carroll Rich's mother Mary Moss Carroll was obituaried, but they found > nothing. > Thanks for the info Jim Carroll >