Something to keep in mind when looking for death dates: There is an Index to Eau Claire County Area Obituaries and Death Notices compiled by members of the Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire 1995. This lists the names of the deceased and the newspaper citation where the obit can be found. You then make a search of the microfilmed newspaper. The Eau Claire public library has a copy of it as well as the microfilmed newspapers. It has been of great help to me. As most of you are[probably aware it was not a law to record vital stats until 1907 in WI, so many were not recorded. Sometimes there was no probate and often cemetery records are sketchy or nonexistent. Those of Lakeview in Eau Claire are very poor. It appears all they can tell you about burials from the 1800's is whether someone is there. Shawn Ford Appleton