If you look a little further on the Dubuque TH site, they have obituaries that go back much further than that. You have to fill out a form and mail it to them and the cost is I believe $7.00 per copy. I have used this service and was somewhat pleased with the results. The copy wasn't real crisp and clear, but I think they were trying to give me only what I asked for and no other information that may have been on the same page. You can search the site first to see if the obit you are seeking is listed. It will give you a name, date of death and a little more information so that you can be sure of the results. I found the site. It is at http://www.thonline.com/obitquerylast.htm these records go back to 1972. The search will give you last name, first name, age, date of publication, date of death, city, page and notes. Hope this helps some. Aleise ----- Original Message ----- From: <KinDetective@aol.com> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 4:49 PM Subject: [WIGRANT] Obit Death Notices - Found a Helpful Site > > In a message dated 02/2/4 12:48:52 PM, KinDetective@aol.com writes: > > << Delores L. WHITAKER nee Shinoe >> > > > I found one listing for her & thought others might like to know of this link. > It took me a *lot of surfing around to find it. (thank goodness I had spare > time today, nursing a bad leg) Prolly shoulda used google, but sometimes even > that can take hours. The links that I found via the Grant RW site only went > to limited links but I found the following via > PLaunch - Platteville Web Portal > http://plaunch.com/portal/index.php?sid=801500793&t=index > > > The Dubuque Telegraph Herald Archives: Advanced Search > http://www.thonline.com/News/archives/simple.htm > > NOTE: the site requires a credit card registration & payment of a $1.95 fee > to view full text per article. > It looks like their online archives go back to August 1995. > > I wonder if this was one of those "please copy to Dubuque papers" type of > original texts, or if there's another version out there. > Di > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >