In a message dated 5/29/02 8:01:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Can anyone help with ancestry or descendants? > > Rolene Kiesling, Groveland, CA I can't help with descendents, but I just wanted to tell you how jealous I am that you live in Groveland! Lori <>< "Life is hard, but God is good"

I found the following family in the 1880 census for Clay, Adair County: Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace William WILLSON Self M M W 51 VA Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: VA John WILLSON Son M S W 20 VA Occ: Farms Fa: VA Mo: VA Annie WILLSON Dau F S W 18 VA Occ: At School Fa: VA Mo: VA James WILLSON Son M S W 17 VA Occ: Farms Fa: VA Mo: VA Helan WILLSON Dau F S W 10 MO Occ: At School Fa: VA Mo: VA John WILLSON Father M W W 88 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA I believe that this family is from Barbour County, Virginia (later West Virginia) Can anyone help with ancestry or descendants? Rolene Kiesling, Groveland, CA

Good Morning All, Many thanks to all of you who answered my query about the micro-filmed newspapers. Truman State Univ (then Northeast MO State Univ) is my alma matter. We lived in Kirksville 1968- 1976, still have friends in there, and visit there every 2-3 years. Our plan to be there again this summer, so I'll check the micro-film at that time. My husband's family (who lived in Kirksville in the early part of the 1900's) has been researched a lot over many years; but to my knowledge, no one has ever checked the micro-film. Leslie Bridges Kohler - List Mom

Good Morning All, Does anyone here happen to know if the local library (in Kirksville) has micro-film copies of the old issues of old newspapers? I'd love to see if there happen to be obits for my husband's grandfather, George Henry Koehler, who died 24 Mch 1903; and his grandmother, Essie (Glenn) Koehler Downing, who died 27 Jan 1928. (The grand- mother had also married a man named Wise / Wiese and a man named Virden, after his grandfather died, so its hard to say how it was listed.) Leslie Bridges Kohler

I am seeking information on my Great Grandfather William D. George b March 1849, somewhere in MO. William left MO around 1870 and worked as a cattle hand in Llano and Gillespie Counties of TX. In Sept 1879 he wed Henrietta (Ettie) Solomon and on July 21, 1880 their first of four children was born, my Grand Father William Lawrence George (he went by Lawrence Wm. George). Any one researching this line or believing they may be related is asked to reply. David W. George __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/

I am looking for info. on ALFRED MARTIN HELVEY.He was in ADAIR COUNTY at some time around 1830-1840.His wifes name was ELIZABETH RIDPATH HELVEY.NO one has found his burial site or time or place of death.All info. is important.Thank you Linda Hazen Rogers

Looking for any Reed living in Kirksville , Adair County, Missouri from 1910 on. Trying to locate Olga M. Reed wife of Lewis or Louis Reed (I think) Any help appreciated.

Still looking for my Aunt Olga Reed. Daughter of Addie Frazier and William E. Boyce. Lived in Adair CO. probably Kirksville. Any help greatly Appreciated. Thanks, Shirley Combs in Oregon

Hi All, The message below was sent to the 'request' address in error, so I am simply forwarding it to the list. (I'll also forward it to the KirksvilleMO list.) ~~Leslie ~~List Owner ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 5:16 PM Subject: family history > hello, my name is kenny scott. i am looking for any information on my family > history. my great grandparents were fredrick david scott b.21 april 1876 > adair co. died19dec1943 adair co. hettie caldora marks b.4mar.1881 > died30sep1942. alfred buck newcomer b.5dec1886 died8mar1961 > adair co. precious pearl gillespie (glaspie) ? b.17nov1886 greentop mo. > died12april1956 greentop mo. anything you might have > would be greatly appreciated. thank you kenny scott

I am needing a census lookup for the family of James Baldwin in the 1860 census for Adair county. I am uncertain of any children as most should have been grown by then Thanks so much, it is appreciated Debbie Jennings

I am wondering if anyone on the list has access to cemetery listings. I am looking for a Joseph and Eliza Morrison. Thank you in advance. Gary and Ardis Morrison 722 SE Peterson Drive Ankeny, Iowa 50021-3468 515-964-3806 [email protected] Web Site: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/o/r/Gary-L-Morrison/ Researching: ACHENBACH, AMBRUSSON, ANDERSDOTTER, ANDERSON, ANDERSSON BAILEY, BAKER, BARNEWALL, BERESFORD, BIRKENHEAD, BLAKELY, BROCKDON, BUCK, BUCKLEY, BUNBURY, BURNELL, BURROUGHS, BUTTALL CAMPBELL, CANFIELD, CARR, CARTWRIGHT, CHANDLER, CHITWOOD, CHURCHWELL, COGHLAN, COWPER, CRAVEN, CRINER/CRANER, CUNNINGHAM DAHLSTROM, DAVIS, DAYVELL. DEMPSEY, DENNY, DEVIS, DIDRIKSDOTTER, DIXON, DODD, DUNCAN, DYDE EASTON, ELDER, ELLIS, ERIKSSON FARNDELL, FARR, FASCH, FINNEY/PHINNEY, FITZGERALD, FITZWILLIAM, FLEMMINGS, FLOWER, FORSYTH(E), FRANKHAUSER, FREY, FULTON, FUNK GARRETT/JARRETT, GRAVES, GREEN/GREENE, GREGG, GRIFFITH, GRUND, GUTHRIE HALM, HOCHWARTH, HOLLINGSWORTH, HOWELL, HULSE, HUNTER, HUNTSIKER, HURST IDDINGS JANSDOTTER, JONES, JONSDOTTER KEY, KNOX LANGFORD, LARSDOTTER, LARSSON, LEECH, LEEPER, LENMAN, LEWIS, LINKSWEILER, LLOYD, LUTTRELL MALIN, MANN, MARTINSSON, MASTERSON, MATSSON, McKAY, McKINLEY, McKINNIS, MILLER, MILLWARD, MOLYNEUX, MOORE, MOOTS, MORGAN, MORRISON NADEM, NILSDOTTER, NILSSON PALMER, PARKER, PATTERSON, PECK, PERSDOTTER, PERSSON, PRESTON, RAMQUIST REE, REYNOLDS, ROBERTSON, RUEGNER SANFORD, SCHAMPAR, SCHARABER, SCHENCK, SCHLOSSER/ SLUSHER, SCHMIDT, SEXTON, SHERWOOD, SIDWELL, SMEDLEY, STANLEY, STRADLING, STURMAN, SVENSSON TATE, THARP, THELWAL, THOMPSON, TORSTENSSON, TROUTBECK UMHAU WAKE, WARNER, WASCHENBACH, WATERHOUSE, WATSON, WHAN, WHITE, WIRTH, WYNNE/WYNN/WINN ZIMMERMAN

Census secrets rule lifted for '30 count Personal records opened by U.S. Associated Press WASHINGTON June Hall moved her finger down the page, found her grandmother's name and smiled. After a half-hour of scrolling through microfilm of personal records from the 1930 census, Hall had hit pay dirt: the line that showed her grandmother's house, the home where Hall was born. Hall joined dozens of people Monday at the National Archives looking to fill in the blanks of their family histories as privacy protection for individual 1930 census records expired. The expiration, 72 years after each census, allows people to see information beyond the dry statistics typically available after the once-a-decade count. "It's a real high. You get into this and you just get hooked," said Hall, of Baltimore. While Hall was not yet born in 1930, she read that her grandmother lived on what was then a dirt road, while her father worked as a salesman and lived at home. Historians billed it as the largest release of such personal records by the federal government, providing a gold mine of genealogical data for family researchers. "We get a picture more revealing than any previous census," John Carlin, archivist of the United States, said before cutting the ribbon to the census research room. "The census is still the most complete record we have in our country at any single point in time," he said. Original 1930 forms have been destroyed, but not before copies were put on 2,667 rolls of microfilm in the 1940s. Those copies were made available at archives headquarters in Washington, and at 13 other offices around the country. The regional facilities are in Anchorage, Alaska; Laguna Niguel and San Bruno, Calif.; Denver; East Point, Ga.; Chicago; Waltham and Pittsfield, Mass.; Kansas City, Mo.; New York City; Philadelphia; Fort Worth; and Seattle. The National Archives' 1930 census site is at http://1930census.ar-chives.gov/. The Census Bureau is at www.census.gov/. Historians said the records would provide a more detailed look at life in America at the dawn of the Depression. The 1930 census date of April 1 came more than five months after the October 1929 stock market crash. "I'm trying to learn more about my father's house and any other things I didn't know about him," said Hunter Alexander, who was scouring records for Baltimore County. All Americans answered the same 32 questions. Some typified the times, such as "Does this household have a radio set?" No forms were mailed. Census-takers visited homes and recorded answers on an answer grid that looked like a giant report card. "I'm trying to finish a family tree," Reggie Green, of Washington, said as he scrolled through Orangeburg County in South Carolina. "This might help fill in some of the branches." http://1930census.archives.gov/ http://www.census.gov/

Hi Jaclyn, You said: >I have a lot of information on the Houghton side of my >family...dates, names...I am willing to share any of >it with any of you who are interested. I am also >looking for some information on these other surnames: >Moore Van Sickle, and Lawson. The furthest back I >have on those names are Ralph and Winifred Agnes Moore >who were my great grandparents...died early 1900s, >Angeline "SIS" Lawson who was married to my Great >great grandfather William "DUD" Houghton, and any >information on a Richard VanSickle and Mary Cain >Thankyou very much >Jaclyn Houghton Response: According to the book, "The Lawson Golden Book" by Virginia Ruth (Lawson) Trent, page 11, Angeline (Lawson) second marriage) was born 20 August 1857 in Putnam County, Missouri, Married William Dudley Houghton on 2 March 1879 and died 12 December 1941. FYI - I am descendant of Angeline's uncle, Greenberry Lawson, s/o Thomas Lawson, Sr. That being the case we are distant cousins. These Lawson families were from Putnam County and about 5 years ago there was a lot of querries on tem on that GenWeb Site. I noticed that the webmaster has wiped out all those old querries that go back that far. However, you might want buy Virginia Ruth (Lawson) Trent's book and/or post a new querry on the following Putnam County site. http://genforum.genealogy.com/mo/putnam/ Gary G. Lloyd 7 Center Rd. Kirksville, MO 63501-2762 660-627-2140 (Gary Lloyd) <glloyd&socket.net>

Searching for James P. Wallace, who came to Missouri around 1870. His wife was Lucy Gaines Bruce, and they were married in 1840 in Shelby Co., Illinois. Their daughter, Antoinette Wallace, is my gg grandmother. Lucy Bruce Wallace died in Pollock, Missouri. Any information about this family appreciated.

I have a lot of information on the Houghton side of my family...dates, names...I am willing to share any of it with any of you who are interested. I am also looking for some information on these other surnames: Moore Van Sickle, and Lawson. The furthest back I have on those names are Ralph and Winifred Agnes Moore who were my great grandparents...died early 1900s, Angeline "SIS" Lawson who was married to my Great great grandfather William "DUD" Houghton, and any information on a Richard VanSickle and Mary Cain Thankyou very much Jaclyn Houghton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Seeking information on HENRY COLE 1851-1944. He was on the 1880-1900-1910 census of Adair county and he is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery along with his first wife Sarah Reynolds. Any assistance would be appreciated. Roy Ables

Does anyone on the list have Census records? My ggrandparents, Michael & Sophronia Orella Knox Fleener, had 16 children. I've been searching for a number of years trying to find census records that might help. I've only found them once in 1880 in Iowa. Michael & Sophronia were married in 1867 in Iowa. If anyone can help me, I'd appreciate any help. Margaret [email protected]

I am new to this list. I've been looking for information on Michael FLEENER. He was born in 1846 in Texas CO., MO. His parents were Michael & Elizabeth Fleener. Michael married Sophronia Orella Knox in 1867 in Iowa. He died September 14, 1892 in Adair CO. I was looking in Iowa, but realize there was a Adair CO., MO. My question is, does anyone have a book with death records, obits , something that will help me? Margaret [email protected]

Thank you Gary! I couldn't help Carl much. I will place this info on our Adair Co page as soon as I have time. I will add it here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/resources.htm Look here: http://vitalrec.com/mo.html If anyone has any additional info/resources just email it to me. FYI: Don't want individual info for our Adair pages, just general info to guide people in family research. Individual info goes on RootsWeb here: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.missouri.counties.adair Unless it is data from census or cemeteries in Adair. Look here for details: census: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/census/censusACMO.htm cemeteries: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/cemeteries3.htm You will need Adobe reader to view much of the information. It is in PDF format so that people can't come in and copy and past the info to sell to people. I want "OUR Adair info available for you for free! *smile* Still working on making a CD of all "OUR Adair county data. It will be available at cost not for profit. Just don't want to make it until I feel "OUR" info is PACKED with info, and working on different ways I can format it so it is easy for you. I will also make the data available at the Adair County Historical Society, Adair County Library, Picklers Library, Novinger Renewal, and anywhere else I can think of so that this data is preserved and not lost ... if/when ... I am. *smile* Check this page out: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/resources.htm I'm hoping to find employment in the Kirksville area. If you know of any employment opportunities. LET ME KNOW *grin* My resume here: http://www.webmoondance.com/ Thanks! Claudia http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/ > Response to Message-ID: <[email protected]> from Carl W. Ward > > According to "Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Missouri State > Archives," the only extant Adair County newspapers for 1976 (at least on > microfilm) are those dated Sep. 14, Oct. 26 and Nov. 6. Therefore, one > would have to look elsewhere for an obituary. Because of the Nation's > centennial in 1976, there was a nationwide flurry of country histories > written in the years immediately following. Most were financed, in part, by > charging for individual and/or family biographies. One shouldn't overlook > that possibility.

Response to Message-ID: <[email protected]> from Carl W. Ward According to "Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Missouri State Archives," the only extant Adair County newspapers for 1976 (at least on microfilm) are those dated Sep. 14, Oct. 26 and Nov. 6. Therefore, one would have to look elsewhere for an obituary. Because of the Nation's centennial in 1976, there was a nationwide flurry of country histories written in the years immediately following. Most were financed, in part, by charging for individual and/or family biographies. One shouldn't overlook that possibility. >------------------------------ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 11:06:30 -0600 >From: "Carl W. Ward" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> from Carl Ward >Subject: Adair County News Papers >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >I am trying to determine if there are any old news papers that were >published in some town of Adair County back around 1876. John B. Ward, >son of my great grandfather, lived in Adair County at the time of death >of his father (my great grandfather), Charles Ward. Charles died 19 >September 1876 in Knox County and I found an obituary of him in the Edina >Sentinal but what I was hoping maybe there were other news papers >published and maybe I could find another obit in one of them. Since this >son John B. lived in Adair County, I thought maybe there would be an obit >published in some news paper about his father's death in that county. The >obit of the Edina Sentinal did not contain any info about Charles' parents >and I thought maybe if I found another obit in some relative's town, that >maybe it would...just by chance. Any thoughts or ideas that you can help >me with? >Would sure appreciate anything. >Carl Ward > >--------------------------------