Dottie Hinrich, I have seen the Shoop surname in and around Novinger and Kirksville. I believe some Shoop owned a clothing bussiness in Novinger. I just saw an ad for it recently for sale on ebay. The Adair County web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair has a page for just the sort of information your asking for: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/resources.htm You will also find cemetery listings: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/cemeteries3.htm Some Censes: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/census/censusACMO.htm Pictures http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/pictures/adair-pictures.htm and much, much more ...... I hope the above and following information will be helpful for you and others researching in Adair County. Best wishes, Claudia Minor _______________________________ Why not join the Adair County Historical Society? The Adair County Historical Society Museum hours are: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Adair County Historical Society offers Obit and Death Notices click here for more details Adair obit and death index _________________________________ Novinger Isaac Novinger Log Home Coal & Snyder Street, Novinger Miner's Museum _____________________ Pickler Memorial Library, Kirksville 100 East Normal Street Kirksville, MO. 63501 660 785-4038 Special Collections Special Collections - Manuscripts contains primary document collections of importance to genealogists; specifically: (click link above for these and others) Please be specific in asking for information. Include all you can (names, dates, etc.) Click for services: http://library.truman.edu/policies/scphotocopies.htm _______________________________ The Adair County Public Library Kirksville, MO Address: One Library Lane Kirksville, MO 63501 Phone Number: 660)-665-6038 Fax Number: (660)-627-0028 Dial-up Card Catalog Access Number: (660)-665-2614 (login: library) ______________________________ SPECIAL NOTICE: The state of Missouri is in the process of putting all birth an death records on line from 1910 (when they began) to 1954. This will be a really great asset for genealogists. http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ There are links to images through 1920 (will eventually all be there) and they will send you photocopies of the others for only $1.00 each! Dottie Hinrichs <[email protected]> wrote: I am planning a trip to Adair County in a couple of weeks and would like to see what may be available while there. I am looking for info on my probable great great grandfather Andrew Madden who was born in 1795 in Maryland. He was enumerated with his daughter Margaret and her husband Philip Shoop in Ninevah in the 1880 census. I have contacted the courthouse to see if there would possibly be a death record for him but there isn't. I am hoping to find a church where they would have worshiped and then records and hopefully a cemetery. I would also like to obtain information about your historical society, what days it is open and hours of operation. >From census records I have found that Margaret and Philip Shoop were married in Pennsylvania because their first 2 children were born there with the balance born in Missouri. I also believe that Andrew Madden's son Andrew who was born 1831 in Pennsylvania may have also moved to Missouri. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated and I know it will make my short trip much more productive. Thank you, Dottie