This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CGC.2ACI/560.1 Message Board Post: Hello Polly, Have you tried obituaries in the Oshkosh Northwestern? Perhaps your Ernestine is listed. Here are a few I found online at the Oshkosh Public Library website http://www.oshkoshpubliclibrary.org/obituaryindex/Vital.html: KRATZ John 3/17/1927 17 RETZAK Augusta 2/28/1940 4 RETZAK Frank A. 1/12/1955 4 RETZAK Theresa 10/25/1963 2 RETZACK August 8/1/1940 4 RETZACK August 8/3/1940 4 RETZACK Augusta 3/2/1940 4 RETZACK Emelia 3/10/1941 4 RETZACK Emelia 3/13/1941 4 RETZACK Frederick A. 5/24/1965 13 RETZACK John 11/6/1967 24 RETZACK Lydia 2/1/1950 2 RETZACK Theodore 3/20/1944 4 RETZACK Theodore 3/22/1944 4 RETZACK Verne G. 7/28/1959 4 RETZACK Viola 2/16/1959 4 RETZACK William 11/25/1958 4 RETZACK William S. 9/8/1965 2 these are the dates and pages of the paper. If you are interested in obtaining a copy of any of these obits please send the above information to: Winnebagoland Genealogical Society, c/o Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave, Oshkosh, WI 54901. The fee for each obit is 25 cents plus a donation is appreciated. I will do a little more digging to see what I can find and get back to you ASAP