A note on the cohomology of finitary modules U. Meierfrankenfeld Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 353-356. Abstract. Let $G$ be a group, $D$ a division ring and $V$ a $DG$-module. $V$ is called finitary provided that $V/C_V(g)$ is finite dimensional for all $g \in G$. We investigate the first and second degree cohomology of finitary modules in terms of a local system for $G$.