Lanita, The Missouri Death Certificate Project has been a great project for my family research. There are still some mysteries and probably a lot of deaths that never were registered from Oregon County. Pat Dallas,TX Lanita Sconce Smith wrote: > I have just spent the afternoon going through the death certificates at > the MO archives for some of my families. At first I didn't look at > those whose names I didn't have in my database, but after finding some > infants that I didn't know about whose info provided some answers, I > have now gone back and tried all of those in the area. I have found > many new leads, and am quite excited at this new info. I thought I > would share that key with you. So, don't be afraid to try all of them, > there are some real treasures out there to find in those certificates!! > > http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/#search > > Good luck! > Lanita > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MO-OREGON-HISTORY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Lanita, I have used the Missouri Death Certificate website so much. We have family in Texas, Howell, Dent, Shannon and Oregon County. My dad's House line was extensive in Missouri and Arkansas. I was looking for one of his grandmother's sister's lines and found Allie Margaret Green by putting in Margaret and going through all of the Margaret's in Howell County. Found her! She had married Thomas West and without the death certificates I would never have found her, her husband or family. I was then able to trace her family back in the census. Not always lucky tho, tried her sister, Mary Martha Green in Howell, Shannon and Texas counties but she must have moved out of the area. I wish that every state had the same kind of website, wonderful for researching! My sister and I order the five at a time that are not available to be copied yet. As soon as we get one order back we send another one, have found lots of info that way. Pat, you are sure correct that a lot of deaths were never registered. I have a great aunt who died in the 40's, have her obit, tombstone picture, and funeral record but no death certificate. We have even tried with different spellings but no luck! Marguerette Pat Miller <pgmiller@flash.net> wrote: Lanita, The Missouri Death Certificate Project has been a great project for my family research. There are still some mysteries and probably a lot of deaths that never were registered from Oregon County. Pat Dallas,TX