(provided by Margy Miles) Blunt helps unveil St. Louis geneology project 10:29 AM CDT on Thursday, June 10, 2004 (St. Louis-AP) -- Finding out more about many immigrant ancestors in the St. Louis area may have gotten a lot easier. Officials today are unveiling a St. Louis Genealogical Society effort called a naturalization index card project. The project produced more than 93-thousand index cards, in alphabetical order by surname, with references to entries in St. Louis naturalization books between 1816 and 1906. Among other things, the cards contain such information as name, country of origin, names of witnesses, and the volume and page number for locating a full entry. Included among the cards are Hungary-born newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer. And there's German-born brewery magnate Adolphus Busch Senior. Both were granted citizenship in 1867. A society spokesman says the records are unique, and without the project, "that part of history would be gone." The project will be detailed during a 10 a.m. reception and 11 a.m. ceremony at the St. Louis Genealogical Society, 4 Sunnen Drive, Suite 140, Maplewood. ==== MOGEN Mailing List ==== USGW Kidz Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwkidz/ ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237