Please, what is the URL? I missed it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Hammons" <hammons7@windstream.net> To: <mo-stlouis-metro@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Some St. Louis Church records are in Ancestry > Diane, > This was great, I got right to it thru the URL that you gave. I have a > lot of the early French and Spanish, which I really couldn't read. But I > did find my great grandmothers marriage record, but I did have the date, > which made it easier, but I was not for sure she was married at Old > Cathedral, now I know she was. > I think I had more problems with the burials, All my Alvarez/Alvares > records were hard to read, but this is a great place to look. Many many > French names that I recognized. > > Do you know why the 1870 plus St.. Louis buriels aren't there? Are they > still filming them or did something happen to those records? > > Pat > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane" <lilirish@earthlink.net> > To: "ST. Louis Rootsweb" <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com>; > <IRISH-IN-SAINT-LOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 3:13 PM > Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Some St. Louis Church records are in > Ancestry > > >>I was looking around in the Drouin records of Ancestry's Canadian >> Collection and found a link to "French Catholic Church Records-Drouin >> Collection 1695-1954. I looked at the listing on the page and it >> included some states in the US. Missouri was one of them. So I >> clicked >> on Missouri and found a collection of records of early churches. So >> I >> clicked on the late 1800's and found that the cathedral records are >> there! I went into the records to see how well they are photographed >> and they look very good. The first records I saw were for baptisms in >> 1856 for a families named Boyle, McNabb, Kerns, Curran, etc. These >> are >> all records - not just French ones. This is exciting for people who >> don't have access to St. Louis early church records. I must say it >> was >> hard to find, though. >> >> http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1111&path=Missouri >> >> The above URL is the one I used to find it. I don't know if it will >> work without a log in. As I said, I was searching Canada when I found >> them. You will need a full access subscription to Ancestry to access >> these files. I wish I had had more time to find out how many churches >> were there. >> >> If anyone else finds this treasure, please write down how you got >> there!!! >> >> Diane Shaw >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Bob, here is a copy of the email from Diane, that contains the URL Pat I was looking around in the Drouin records of Ancestry's Canadian Collection and found a link to "French Catholic Church Records-Drouin Collection 1695-1954. I looked at the listing on the page and it included some states in the US. Missouri was one of them. So I clicked on Missouri and found a collection of records of early churches. So I clicked on the late 1800's and found that the cathedral records are there! I went into the records to see how well they are photographed and they look very good. The first records I saw were for baptisms in 1856 for a families named Boyle, McNabb, Kerns, Curran, etc. These are all records - not just French ones. This is exciting for people who don't have access to St. Louis early church records. I must say it was hard to find, though. http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1111&path=Missouri The above URL is the one I used to find it. I don't know if it will work without a log in. As I said, I was searching Canada when I found them. You will need a full access subscription to Ancestry to access these files. I wish I had had more time to find out how many churches were there. If anyone else finds this treasure, please write down how you got there!!! Diane Shaw

Thank yo0u ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Hammons" <hammons7@windstream.net> To: <mo-stlouis-metro@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:04 AM Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] URL for Bob Doerr > Bob, > here is a copy of the email from Diane, that contains the URL > Pat > > > I was looking around in the Drouin records of Ancestry's Canadian > Collection and found a link to "French Catholic Church Records-Drouin > Collection 1695-1954. I looked at the listing on the page and it > included some states in the US. Missouri was one of them. So I clicked > on Missouri and found a collection of records of early churches. So I > clicked on the late 1800's and found that the cathedral records are > there! I went into the records to see how well they are photographed > and they look very good. The first records I saw were for baptisms in > 1856 for a families named Boyle, McNabb, Kerns, Curran, etc. These are > all records - not just French ones. This is exciting for people who > don't have access to St. Louis early church records. I must say it was > hard to find, though. > > http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1111&path=Missouri > > The above URL is the one I used to find it. I don't know if it will > work without a log in. As I said, I was searching Canada when I found > them. You will need a full access subscription to Ancestry to access > these files. I wish I had had more time to find out how many churches > were there. > > If anyone else finds this treasure, please write down how you got > there!!! > > Diane Shaw > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >