LoVella, Jay and others, Thank you for volunteering to search for Poor Farm burials. The cemetery is listed by several names: Pottersfield, County farm cemetery, Barry County Cemetery, Pauper Field Cemetery, County Cemetery, County Almshouse cemetery, and Poor Farm cemetery. There may be more. Thanks to everyone who can help out with this project. Please let Jay know what years you will be researching so we don't duplicate our efforts. Jack Fly BCGHS Cemetery Committee On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:20 PM, LoVella Moore <Moore60@charter.net> wrote: > Jay, I just spent a while looking at 1912--didn't volunteer because I > wasn't sure how long it would take. It goes pretty fast so if no one else > is asking, I will take 1912. I assume "Potters Field Cassville, " would be > what we should look for? If so, John Andrew Bowman June 19, 1892 - February > 6, 1912, was buried there. I'm still looking. > > LoVella > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jay trace > 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 >

Dear List, 1910, 1912, and 1946 have been covered already, just a few hours after I brought it up. Outstanding! jay trace --- Jack Fly <barrycofly@gmail.com> wrote: > LoVella, Jay and others, > Thank you for volunteering to search for Poor Farm > burials. The cemetery is > listed by several names: Pottersfield, County farm > cemetery, Barry County > Cemetery, Pauper Field Cemetery, County Cemetery, > County Almshouse cemetery, > and Poor Farm cemetery. There may be more. > > Thanks to everyone who can help out with this > project. Please let Jay know > what years you will be researching so we don't > duplicate our efforts. > Jack Fly > BCGHS Cemetery Committee > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:20 PM, LoVella Moore > <Moore60@charter.net> wrote: > > > Jay, I just spent a while looking at 1912--didn't > volunteer because I > > wasn't sure how long it would take. It goes > pretty fast so if no one else > > is asking, I will take 1912. I assume "Potters > Field Cassville, " would be > > what we should look for? If so, John Andrew > Bowman June 19, 1892 - February > > 6, 1912, was buried there. I'm still looking. > > > > LoVella > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: jay trace > > 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 > > > 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? 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