I'm forwarding this/your note to the list. Perhaps others on the list will have additional information for you. On this particular message board, 'reply' will take you back to the sender, rather than to the message/list board. My suggestion is to go to this site, where you can view the archives of the Jefferson County message board. I did a quick check, intending to send the info directly to you, but there are dozens of transcriptions and messages for the name YATES. This should be a wonderful start for you. http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MOJEFFER Resources I happen to have: Elmer YATES was enrolled during 1916-1920 in the Leicht School, District #10 (a.k.a. Yates School and Rock Creek) (Della Lang/Country Schools, Jeffco, MO, pg. 24) Jonas YATES owned 134 acres, per survey #1974, in Township 43, Range 5E, Section 29 - This was also the location of the above school. (1898 Jeffco Atlas - Edited by D. Hallemann) L. YATES owned 11.37 acres in Township 40, Range 6E, Section 9. No building is listed. (1898 Jeffco Atlas - Edited by D. Hallemann) Because of the atlas listing, it's obviously that Johas YATES was in the area in the late 1800's, but including the time period for events like marriages and deaths, will be a plus when posting future queries. Best of Luck! -Kay, FL Subj: Re: [MOJEFFER] Transcriptions in the archives?  Date: 6/24/2005 3:15:46 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] To: [email protected] I'm new to the community of genealogy and I was wondering if I'm in the right place.  I keep reading emails from different people, asking questions and I was wondering if anyone could help me find any info on Jonas Yates. I have some info from the Yates Cemetery in Jefferson County.  But I'm looking for some real detail and not sure where to begin.  I do know that he was married twice and had approximately 7 children between the 2 marriages.  One daughter Sarah married Frank Baldwin and they are buried in the Yates cemetery.  I'm looking for Land Records, Wills, Birth or Death Certificates & newspaper articles.  Thanks & have a Blessed day.