This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.buchanan/4316.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was born at St. Joseph's Hospital. My understanding is that the official name was St. Joseph or St. Joseph's Hospital, but everyone in town referred to it as Sisters' Hospital because of the nuns.