Does anyone KNOW when Catholicism ended as the 'state religion' in MO? BTW, my Jefferson Co MO relatives (Wilcox) had baptisim records in a Ste. Genevieve MO Catholic church for children born ca 1819 and 10 years beyond. No other evidence that they were Catholic though. Thanks, Bill in sunny Phoenix >I did pose that to the St Louis genforum last night with no response yet. I >called the St Louis County Library and they have those records. Evidentally >they are a pain to research though they do have a new guidebook to the set >of microfilms/records. They do not offer lookups nor does the Gene Society. >I have a retired cousin in Missouri who would probably go do it if I gave >him specific instructions. Here's hoping it's not a big waste of time. The >librarian told me that when Catholicism was still the 'state religion' that >anyone, no matter what religion, had to be married in the Catholic church. >Marianne