For Joseph Henry Hummel, Jr... regarding Mason County newspapers... a number of years ago I had my local librarian send to WV University Library in Morgantown for microfilms of old Point Pleasant newspapers. I believe I could keep each one at my local library for a few weeks and was able to spend many hours there scouring through them. I obtained a lot of great information that way. You could try that route. Good luck! Karen Hensley Hollinger Depends on the time frame and the locaity.Huntington Hearld Dispatch carries a lot of Mason County obits , mostly in the Easterly area. Any obit after June 2000 is acailable and printable on their web page . Charleston Gazette , carries them for some and only is free archives for 2 weeks . I don't have any info on the Point Pleasant newspapers ,Mason County Library has a great library of micro films. What surnames are you looking for ? Cabell County has a micro films of HHD back to about 1900 , Marshall U. Library has many different papers. Ernie Wright ----- Original Message ---- From: Joseph Henry Hummel <fennast@comcast.net> To: WVMASON mailing list <WVMASON@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:12:09 AM Subject: [WVMASON] Death Notices Greetings Listers One of the most valuable resources for genealogy is Death Notices, that funeral homes put in papers. I am doing my wife's family tree, which is basically in Mason County, West Virginia. Is there a county wide newspaper that I might go to to obtain Death Notices, or will I have to rely on Townships in the county. Like would a paper published in Point Pleasant be used by all the funeral homes in the county. If so, would there be a library in the county that would have microfilms of that paper where I can get someone to do lookups for me? Yours Truly Joseph Henry Hummel, Jr. PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMASON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ______________________________________________________________________________ ______ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMASON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489