Lanita, This is an extremely appropriate question to ask! Off the top of my head, I can think of 4 historical societies within Daviess County, an organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and even a local LDS Family History Center. Unfortunately, there is not a Genealogical Society and there is need for one: Daviess' neighbors Grundy, Livingston, and Harrison counties have their own separate genealogical societies; western neighbors De Kalb and Gentry are under the umbrella Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society; which leaves only to my knowledge neighboring Caldwell County without a genealogical society (although like Daviess it does have an historical society). The Daviess County Historical Society does do some genealogical work (quite notably was their sold-out 1985 History of Daviess County which included valuable genealogical data) but is more focused on projects like the squirrel-cage jail preservation. Most of the folks on this list, myself included, do not reside in Daviess County, let alone Missouri. So while many on this list I presume would jump at the chance of joining a genealogical society, we need the backbone presence of people that are willing to volunteer locally. This list serves as a substitute society or forum and I think most every question posed gets answered or at least attempted. Steve Reid Daviess County Cemeteries & Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sareid/ -----Original Message----- From: ozarkn [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MODAVIES] Daviess County Genealogical Society Does Daviess County have a Genealogical Society? I've looked all over the net, and can't find one. Would like to join since I am a resident! Lanita ==== MODAVIES Mailing List ==== If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Daviess County list, use [email protected] Use [email protected] to write to the Daviess County list. Use d instead of l for the Daviess County digest subscribe or unsubscribe. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.823 / Virus Database: 561 - Release Date: 12/26/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.823 / Virus Database: 561 - Release Date: 12/26/2004

Steve, I checked into the DAR, and will be attending next week baring any bad weather because I need to get my membership transferred from my old chapter in Kansas. We've had freezing rain, snow, and more ice here, so the meeting for today was cancelled. Schools around the area have cancelled most days in the last week or so. I asked at the Gallatin library about a society, as well as with a local [Pattonsburg] group called the Tree Climbers, about starting one. No one seemed interested. Too bad.. there is so much history in the area! Once I get better established here, I could put out an ad in the local paper to see if there is any interest locally. In the meantime, I am willing to do lookups in the cemetery books, the 1830-1860 census. There are several marriage books at the library, but none for Daviess County. I know I will eventually go to the Recorders Office, but there is just so much work, as I can see, that needs to be done that one person cannot possibly do it all! The gals at the library did not seem impressed at the Historical Society's efforts, and the 1830-1860 census are in booklets and kept behind the counter where you have to sign in to get them. Even to make copies of the census on microfilm, you have to turn in your driver's license until they see that you haven't stolen anything before you get your ID back...I've never run across this much security in a library, in all my life!! I am familiar with the Wichita, KS main library where it is about 10 times the size of Gallatin, and never had this much security scrutiny! I'm just trying to figure out what I can do to get things online, that won't interfere with copyrights. I know what a help it is to me when I find something online, particularly if I live quite a distance away! Just trying to think of ways that one person [me] can help. Lanita in Jamesport