Thank you very much. I have never been 'into' genealogy and I don't know where to begin. I have only a few names and the stories that accompanied, which I heard while growing up. I have been to Joplin a number of times for funerals and not many people consider that to be fun. Now after the recent event of my older brother's (John Sergeant) death, I would like to find out a lot more about how my family began. My concern is that I don't have any other relatives alive other than my cousin, Robert Keller Lewis Jr., however; I do have a few pictures. Neosho? Carthage, Webb City, Springfeild and a few other names are about all I have other than my ancestor's names and I hardly have any of them. If you have any ideas how or where I might begin; please let me know and I thank you so much for you taking the time to respond to my query. I sincerely appreciate your response. God bless you. Sincerely, William Charles Sergeant ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mudhen739@aol.com> To: <MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 3:45 PM Subject: [MOJASPER] Re: MOJASPER-D Digest V02 #169 > Don't have any pictures, but my great grandfather, George Rader, enlisted in > July 1861 at Fort Scott, KS. He was a sgt. in the commissary dept. there. > After the War he is credited with being the first man to come to Carthage. > [August 1865} He started a little store with the goods he hauled there from > Ft. Scott. George was the first postmaster of Carthage and later on the > mayor. The Powers Museum in Carthage is a great source for history in that > area. The curator is Michele Hansford. Good luck, Amanda. >