I get requests to do lookups now and then, and I have noticed a trend in the requests lately. It brings up a trap I fell into quite some time ago. The 1860 census of St. Louis (and the rest of the US) is not fully indexed in Ancestry or in Heritage Quest either. I am not sure that it is fully indexed on any on-line data base. I notice that there are folks who are assuming that their rellie was not in St. Louis because they did not find them in the on line index. That's not true! If you don't find your rellie in the on line index to the 1860 census of St. Louis, call the libraries and ask for a lookup in the 1860 census index. It is a hard copy book that is alphabetized, so lookups are fairly easy. St. Louis Public Library: (314) 241-2288 St. Louis Co. Library (314) 994-3300 _______________________________________________ I was at the St. Louis Genealogical Society Fair last Saturday and while there, I heard a reference to an Irish area called "The Patch" that was located in Carondelet. It was not called the the Kerry Patch. It was merely called "The Patch". If anyone knows anything about this area - history, location, etc. I would be very interested. Thanks! _____________________________________________________ I hope that folks are keeping an eye on Dave Lossos' web site. One of our list members - Gloria Detleff - is still transcribing records from St. Joseph's Church -Shrine and they are posted on Dave's excellent web site. Thanks, Gloria for your hard work transcribing and translating the church records. http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/ ________________________________________________________ Bob Doerr won't toot his own horn so I will! Have a look at the Mo. State Genealogical Association for which he is the editor of their journal. http://mosga.missouri.org/journal.html Table of Contents to the journals is here: http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm There is a searchable surname database on the Mo. State Genealogical Assoc. website. Thanks, Bob for all you do! ____________________________________________________________________________ I saw Dennis Northcutt at the St. Louis Genealogical Society Fair and he reminded me that their website has updated the guides to the Mo. Historical Society Library collection. There is an interesting guide to Steamboats and River History there. http://www.mohistory.org/content/LibraryAndResearch/Archives.aspx _______________________________________________________________________ Many ethnic groups immigrated to the US through the port at New Orleans: Here is a good web site for researching it. http://www.nutrias.org/~nopl/spec/speclist.htm Also try New Orleans hospital records on line. http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/orleans/charity.htm Researchers of Germans who landed in New Orleans should try: http://www.deutscheshaus.org/ and New Orleans German Church Records are here: http://freepages.religions.rootsweb.com/~neworleans/ _____________________________________________________ For those who are researching Irish in Canada, the 1901 census is on line here: http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/NationalSummary.jsp This is a good resource because it lists the names of everyone in the household - therefore you can find older rellies who are living with their children. It also lists women by their maiden names - a wonderful tool for those of us who are researching maternal lines. _____________________________________________________ Diane Shaw Hillsboro