This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: judyartley26191 Surnames: McCaw, McCoy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.nemaha/488.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, John McFall died Jan 1873 in Nemaha Co. per the Jason Gross Family Tree, www.ancestry.com. Generally I don't rely on family trees for any info but death records weren't required in Kansas until 1911. There were some records before then but they were sparse. I don't know if the Nemaha County Genealogical Society Six & Nemaha Seneca, KS 66538 will look up an obit or not. But here's their contact info if you're interested in finding his obit but probably will be a death notice if anything. You might have to contact the Nemaha Circuit Court for his will/probate info if you really need/want his death date. I couldn't find Mary's married to John D. McCoy. The Gross family tree said they married 3 Dec 1875 in Nemaha. According to the Gross family tree, Mary died 10 March 1889 in Nemaha Co. Esther McCaw Born: 1808 Died: 1891 Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery Source: www.findagrave.com which includes a pic of her tombstone Here's the Census info you didn't mention. 1895 Capioma, Nemaha, KS John McCoy, b. ireland, 62, widower, farmer Mary A., dau, b. KS, 18, keeping house Nellie J., b. KS, 6 Miler, b. KS, 15 Laura, b. KS, 13 1900 Capioma John McCoy, b. Irel March 1833, widower, immigrated 1852, naturalized, farmer Nell, b. KS, Feb 1878 William, b. KS, July 1879, farm laborer Laura, b. KS Jan 1881 John McCoy Sr. Widower Born: abt. 1833, Ireland Died: 12 July 1906 Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Nemaha Co. KS Source: Kansas Deaths & Burials Index 1885-1930 There is a book the "History of Nemaha County Kansas", 1916 that is online at www.archive.org/. Your family surnames are in this book. The Nemeha County Genealgoical Society, www.kansasheritage.org/seneca/gensoc/genrecord.html but it doesn't say if they do research or not. Nemaha County newspapers are on microfilm at the Kansas Historical Society, www.kshs.org/newspaper/newspaper_reels/search/county:NM. You can decide which one you want to look at and contact your local public library to order the microfilm via inter-library loan. There is a Nemaha County web site, http://ks-nemaha.manatron.com/ElectedOfficials/CountyClerk/ which says that birth, marriage and death records 1885-1911 are available but they don't say who to contact. You might have to contact the Clerk of Nemaha Co. Court for will/probate and guardian records for each person who died. There just isn't any easy answer to find these early records. Successful Searching! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>