Write down the entire location for each item you wish to see, and ask the librarian to get the microfilm of the papers for you. If the person you seek died in a town near Richmond, the entry may be under the name of the town, arranged by date. Marcia O'Neal has compiled several indexes of local newspapers. These differ from the card file by covering smaller periods of time more thoroughly. These indexes list any time a name was mentioned in a newspaper, for any reason, not just obituaries.
Entries give name, reason the person was in the newspaper, date, page and column number.
If more than one newspaper is indexed in a volume, there will be an abbrevi- ation for the paper. These are indexes only. The actual records are located in the county clerk's office for marriage records, the recorders office for land records, and the health department for birth and death records. Wayne County Genealogical Society, 1994. Works Progress Administration.