Are you willing to share the name or the NAMUS link with us?
Have you checked for an existing thread about this missing person?
Keep in mind that newspapers come & go, and town names come & go. The Kansas City Star & the Kansas City Times merged in 1990 or 91.
The NYS Historic Newspapers
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
Searchable full-text and page images of over 400 New York-based newspapers, dating from 1795-2014. To browse a current list of publications, click here.
www.nypl.org
www.esln.org
The earliest known newspaper published in New York State was the New York Gazette which commenced publishing in New York City in 1725. It was followed in 1733 by John Peter Zenger’s New York Journal, made famous in a 1735 court decision that established freedom of the press in the province...
www.familysearch.org
You will probably need to establish a username & password for these sites, but they are held for the public. If you have trouble searching, call/email & speak with a staffer -- generally amazingly helpful people answer the phone, and these are people who are familiar with the collection and about as curious as we are.
And:
The NYGenWeb Project is the New York affiliate of the USGenWeb Project, dedicated to providing free genealogical and historical information about New York State online
www.nygenweb.net
Did you find the obituary at a newspaper's website? Does the obituary mention the funeral home? Those records may be on the US GenWeb site, in the county of the internment.
Is the person listed in Find A Grave?
The World’s largest gravesite collection. Contribute, create and discover gravesites from all over the world. Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records.
www.findagrave.com
Again, you may find funeral home information, dates & middle names, family constellation, etc.
How much can you share? Is there a reason you've withheld the person's name so far?
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