I am searching for the obituary for Edward (NED)Scarborough
I have date of death as 09 Jan,1921. I could use obituries on any Scarborough as I am working on the family genealogy and once it is finished would like to give Wahkiaum CO. a copy of it. I have been unable to find a death certificate for him and a obit might help.

Thank you
Mollie

Hi Mollie, I found an Edward Scarborough who died 9 March 1921, Cathlamet, Wahkiakum Co., WA; father=James Allen Scarborough and mother=Ann Elizabeth Scarborough. Source: WA Death Index on Mormon Church site.

You can request an obituary from the Washington State Library, by sending an EMAIL to AskALibrarian@secstate.wa.gov . Provide them the name, date & place of death & they will search the newspaper microfilm for 30 minutes at no charge. Successful Searching!

Thank you, I had the wrong date for hin - I had 9 Jan 1921,just found out it should have been March.

Mollie

The other "person" has not properly identified the source of information, it is NOT:

> Source: WA Death Index on Mormon Church site.

It is the Family Search Labs,
http://labs.familysearch.org/
It holds the Washington Death CERTIFICATE Index. It shows he died on 9 March 1921 in Cathlamet, Wahkiakum County, Washington at age 73 years, 2 months and 5 days. His father was identfied as James Allen Scarborough, his mother was Ann Elizabeth.

ANYONE can access this site.

AND, for the obit. Back in 1921, obituaries were NOT common for us Commoners. An obituary was written for the famous, infamous, victims of accidents or at the hands of others. Sometimes a death notice was published. Sometimes the family DID pay for an obit. The Washington State Library searches FOR AN HOUR in newspaper microfilm for the area that a person had died. Here is their website that has BETTER contact points at: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/ask.aspx .
You can see the newspapers that they have microfilms in the catalog of holdings at: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/microfilm.aspx

Ron Bestrom