Hi Orlena, I appreciate all the help you have/are giving to people on the list, and do realize that just because it says someone passed away in Joplin, doesn't really mean that, BUT...the funeral homes are a very good place to start. If they didn't handle the arrangements, sometimes they have information as to exactly WHO DID. And the funeral homes in Joplin, Webb City, and also in Neosho and even Pittsburg, Kansas, ....where I am from originally, have been very helpful to me. A lot of people don't even think of checking with funeral homes, and I didn't either, when I started this hobby/obsession called genealogy, back in the late 1980s. But a friend, who happened to be a funeral director, overheard me talking one evening about getting an obit from down around that area, and it was he who suggested using the funeral records. He told me that the obit is usually taken from the funeral record, but that there is USUALLY more genealogical information contained in the funeral record than can be printed in an obit. And, I've found that to be true in a lot of cases! That is why I always suggest checking www.funeralnet.com. It has funeral home listings from around the World, and I've found that most funeral homes are very helpful when it comes to working on a family tree. I do want to thank you for all the help you have given me, and also others on this list! ciao! Ron in Iowa ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 4:51 PM Subject: [MOJASPER] Re: Obituary lookup for Wanda R. Gibson who died April 5, 2000 > 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/1MB.2ACI/2933.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Ron, > > Many times in many locations, your information would be right on. I've > used it myself. You've also apparently been lucky. > > Unfortunately, Joplin, MO is in both Jasper and Newton Counties MO. People > who die there live in other MO counties including the States of, KS, AR > and OK. Usually the funeral home they use will be from where they lived, > not necessarily where they died. > > Wanda R. Gibson, may or may not have lived in Jasper County and actually > may not have died in Jasper County. > > Many people are unaware of the fact some of Joplin is also in Newton Co. > The obituaries will not in many cases give enough information to determine > where the person has died. For example: St. John's Hospital is in Jasper > County across the street from Freeman's Hospital in Newton County. The > obit may state died in a local hospital, which adds other hospitals in > other counties, states depending on the time frame. > > I really hate died in an area nursing home. Unless you know where, this > one is almost impossible to trace. > > I'm often amazed at how many people die in Joplin from counties away from > Joplin. The only thing I've figured out is they were doctoring with a > local Joplin area doctor instead of one, for example, in Labette Co. KS. > There are frequently deaths in Joplin from Parsons, KS. > > There are some very very nice people who with a query of this kind with > the info needed given, will do some research in the Joplin Globe > microfilms at a library and send the obit. I thank them very much for > helping others. > > http://www.joplinglobe.com/ > > More links for the Jasper Co. area can be found here. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mojasper/ > > Newton Co. area. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > Orlena > >