Lovella seems to be doing 1912. I will do 1911. Phyllis ----- Original Message ----- From: "jay trace" <jibberish66@yahoo.com> To: <mobarry-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:49 PM Subject: [MOBARRY] Poor House > Dear List, > As has been mentioned here before, there is some work > being done to try to "de-forest" some burial sites > that have been used for the residents of the Barry > County Poor Farm down in Cassville. Work is slowly > but surely being completed, and research continues to > be done on this project. > With Donna down for a while, and MOBARRY submissions > at a bit of a standstill until her return, we had a > thought. > We are trying to determine how many people might be > buried at the Poor Farm burial sites, and who they > happen to be. None of the graveyards have any > markers, and the ultimate goal is to clear away brush, > trash, etc., and to erect markers at each site > detailing folks we know to be buried there. Of > course, these names would be included only with no > objection from family members, as there is a stigma > attached with association to the Poor Farm. > If anyone has some free time, we could really use some > spare sets of eyes. At the following website-- > > > http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ > > the State of Missouri makes available actual scanned > images of death certificates from the years 1910 to > 1957. A person can narrow a search down to the year > and county, but there is no search engine available as > to where one particular person or another is buried. > We need folks that can pick a year, search through the > names and pick out the folks that are buried in the > Poor Farm, Poor House, County Farm, Alms House, or any > other location that might be another name for this > place. That way we can have as detailed a list of > names as possible. > Jack Fly and Ted Roller have researched plat maps, > state, county, and local records, etc. and have > uncovered a wealth of information. Mostly what we are > after now is names. I'm going to start off with 1910. > Since I have dial-up, it'll take a while, as a person > has to view each image. I think it'll be worth it, > though, as these lost souls have no one to remember > them. > If you could help out, please respond to the MOBARRY > mailing list with a year between 1911 and 1957, and > I'll keep track of who's doing what. Just e-mail me > at jibberish66@yahoo.com with names and dates, and > we'll do the rest. > Thanks in advance for you help, everyone! > jay trace > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > Please tell us about your Barry County ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
I finished 1912 and sent it to Jay last night. I was surprised at how quickly it does go. It would have gone faster if I had not stopped to read the cause of death of the babies (some of whom were not even named) and the toddlers. I'll sign up for another year later. LoVella ----- Original Message ----- From: Phyllis Long To: mobarry@rootsweb.com ; jibberish66@yahoo.com Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Poor House Lovella seems to be doing 1912. I will do 1911. Phyllis ----- Original Message ----- From: "jay trace" <jibberish66@yahoo.com> To: <mobarry-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:49 PM Subject: [MOBARRY] Poor House > Dear List, > As has been mentioned here before, there is some work > being done to try to "de-forest" some burial sites > that have been used for the residents of the Barry > County Poor Farm down in Cassville. Work is slowly > but surely being completed, and research continues to > be done on this project. > With Donna down for a while, and MOBARRY submissions > at a bit of a standstill until her return, we had a > thought. > We are trying to determine how many people might be > buried at the Poor Farm burial sites, and who they > happen to be. None of the graveyards have any > markers, and the ultimate goal is to clear away brush, > trash, etc., and to erect markers at each site > detailing folks we know to be buried there. Of > course, these names would be included only with no > objection from family members, as there is a stigma > attached with association to the Poor Farm. > If anyone has some free time, we could really use some > spare sets of eyes. At the following website-- > > > http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ > > the State of Missouri makes available actual scanned > images of death certificates from the years 1910 to > 1957. A person can narrow a search down to the year > and county, but there is no search engine available as > to where one particular person or another is buried. > We need folks that can pick a year, search through the > names and pick out the folks that are buried in the > Poor Farm, Poor House, County Farm, Alms House, or any > other location that might be another name for this > place. That way we can have as detailed a list of > names as possible. > Jack Fly and Ted Roller have researched plat maps, > state, county, and local records, etc. and have > uncovered a wealth of information. Mostly what we are > after now is names. I'm going to start off with 1910. > Since I have dial-up, it'll take a while, as a person > has to view each image. I think it'll be worth it, > though, as these lost souls have no one to remember > them. > If you could help out, please respond to the MOBARRY > mailing list with a year between 1911 and 1957, and > I'll keep track of who's doing what. Just e-mail me > at jibberish66@yahoo.com with names and dates, and > we'll do the rest. > Thanks in advance for you help, everyone! > jay trace > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > Please tell us about your Barry County ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Please tell us about your Barry County ancestors. The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message