The Allms House was on West Division just outside the city of Springfield. I transcribed the ledgers for the Greene County Archives and Records Center MO GREENE CO http://www.greenecountymo.org Many of the Archives' indexes/bulletins are available on-line through the Springfield-Greene County Library System. Alms House Records Coroner's Records Greene County Courts Probate Court Justice of the Peace Records Naturalization Records Stray Records Abstracts of Circuit Court Records Books (Greene County, MO) Chronological Listing and Index to Divorce Records (Greene County, MO) Index to the Justice of the Peace Docket Books Index to Naturalization Records (Greene County, MO) Index to Greene County Stray Records (Greene County, MO) Military Order of the Loyal Legion -- Decendants of Union Officers -- Missouri Commandery MOGenWeb The Political Graveyard Gloria Bogart Carter, Genealogist, 733 South Farm Road 89 Springfield, MO 65802, [email protected] 417-869-7060 My Ozarks Genealogy Query Column appears each Sunday on line http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/genealogy/index.html On 25 Aug 2001 18:45:26 -0600 [email protected] writes: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IKB.2ACE/1447.1.1.2.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Kathi, I'm not going to be of much help, but will offer this bit > of info. > > I'll show an address below to the Springfield newspaper. A few > weeks ago they did a story about the cemetery at the Alms > House/Sunshine Acres. The headstones had ALL been removed and > stacked nearby so the cemetery would be easier to mow. They were > dedicating a memorial area there so people that had loved ones that > died there could come there and spend some time in the area where > the ancestors died. The newspaper only has a 7 day archive, but > maybe you could contact them through this site and get a copy of the > article. Their URL is: > > http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/ > > If you will see my message above dated 21 Aug 2001 @ 10:19 PM you > will see the URL for the Alms House index through 1955. > > Hope this info helps a little bit. Good Luck - Betty > > > > ==== MOGREENE Mailing List ==== > Greene County at the USGW Archives: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/greene/greene.htm > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > ============================== > Search the MOGREENE-L archives: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MOGREENE >