If the obit gives the date of death as (for example) Thursday, Oct 20, you can use a perpetual calendar to determine the year. Or if the newspaper it was published in was published weekly, you can determine the date published with a perpetual calendar. Do you know what state she died in? If she lived in a small town, you might be able to check with all the funeral homes, and/or all the cemeteries. There might be some information in Roy's military files. There should be a death certificate. Sue On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 14:29:08 EDT [log in to unmask] writes: > Roy's Mother died in 1919 or 1920. We have her obituary, but no > family names > were given. Roy sold newspapers on the corner as a child. He joined > the Navy > as young as possible, and advanced to Lieutenant. He retired after 30 > years. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html