This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jEC.2ACI/949.1 Message Board Post: Melissa, The public library in Madison has old newspapers microfilmed but you'd probably have to go there (I've never written and asked them for a lookup). The Coal Valley News might have advice/help for you: http://www.coalvalleynews.com/ Otherwise, I've gone to the Courthouse in Madison and looked up death records on the books there. Pam