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From: "Sheldon Jones" <>
Subject: RE: RE: Obituaries
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:00:37 -0600
In-Reply-To: <20050820031539.CWTN9746.ibm58aec.bellsouth.net@mail.bellsouth.net>


Jan,
I believe there was a paper in Zeigler or Royalton -- I would recommend
you contact these people -- they might know what years:
(there is a possibility you might find an obit in a Jackson Co., IL paper as
well..)

West Franklin Historical District & Genealogical Society, Inc.
2130 School House Rd
Mulkeytown, Illinois 62865
618/724-2445


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:16 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: RE: Obituaries
>
>
> I haven't ordered his death certificate as of yet, but
> Raymond L. Davis' death certificate shows Six Mile as the
> township. I'm hoping to find the obituary and order the death
> certificate to find his father which is my mysterious
> Mitha(Mathia) DAVIS. Hopefully I'll find his name a bit
> different yet again.
> >
> > From: "Sheldon Jones" <>
> > Date: 2005/08/19 Fri AM 07:33:53 EDT
> > To:
> > Subject: RE: Obituaries
> >
> > Jan, et al.,
> > no real internet source, but Carla Pulliam has extracted
> obits & tidbits from
> > Benton Newspapers from 1850 through 1946, and
> > Daily American (West Frankfort's paper) 1925 through 1934
> (right? Carla :-) )
> >
> > I don't see one for Raymond L DAVIS in the Benton extractions...
> >
> > It depends upon where they lived -- there were a smattering
> of papers all over
> > the
> > area - e.g., Sesser, Mulkeytown, etc... Some obits you will
> find in papers
> > published in towns just across into other counties like
> Herrin, Dahlgren,
> > McLeansboro,
> > Ina, Mt Vernon, etc...
> >
> > -SRJ
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [mailto:]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:10 PM
> > > To:
> > > Subject: Obituaries
> > >
> > >
> > > Is there an internet source for Franklin County obits?
> > > I'm looking to see if there is an obit from January 12, 1936
> > > for Raymond L. DAVIS.
> > > What would be the name of the newspapers back then?
> > > Jan
> > >
> >
> >
>

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