This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DNB.2ACI/426 Message Board Post: What newspapers served Macon County during the Civil War? David A. Farmer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Farmer, Webber, Gross, Atterberry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DNB.2ACI/23.177 Message Board Post: My great-grandparents were John R. and Mattie Farmer from Lyda twnshp., Macon County. I don't know much about the Farmer family but have traced them to Pulaski Co., KY

Searching for information on my aunt Anna or Ellen HALL, b. April 1895, Annandale, Wright Co. MN, died unknown, daughter of Ole Olsson HALL and his wife, Ingeborg Alberg ANDERSSON. In 1900, Ellen lived in Annadale, Wright Co MN, and in 1910,Kramer, Bottineau Co. ND. The father, Ole Olsson HALL died in Jan. 1914, at Kramer, and among the court records was a letter dated 06 May 1914 and written by Mrs. William LAURANCE or LAWRENCE. I have more information on Ellen's siblings and her Swedish background, but nothing on her marriage. Earlene Bale Bremerton, WA. USA ebale@silverlink.net

This is a follow-up to my recent post about needed access to Vital Records. The problem is not that the vital records cannot be accessed; they can. For a fee, the staff at the Department of Health will search for a record. If they find it, they will send a copy. Too often the response is that they found no record. I sought birth and death data re my aunt, who died before her brother, my father, was born. He told me that her given name was Mildred. I sent my money for searches and was advised that no records were found. I found her baptismal record by a different given name. It happens that the relevant records in this case were not held by the Mo. Dept. of Health, and I was able to review the hand-written birth and death records. I found her birth record by a third given name, but, by the time she died, she was indeed Mildred. A staff simply cannot locate a record under such circumstances. A researcher can, but depends on access to the data. My grandmother's maiden name was very difficult to spell. I knew the ship and arrival date of her aunt (same surname). It took me three times thru a transcription of the ship list to recognize her thoroughly-butchered name. Of course, I could not find her name in the index. I never did find her sister who was with her. My name is Doerr; in an old list, it is spelled 'Ter'. Only by searching the original records, or microforms thereof, can one find the needed data in such cases. (I guess I now have an idea as to how my ancestors pronounced our name.) The researcher has patience and incentive to find the data; any staff must depend on their imperfect indexes and the Health Department has incentive to send a 'no find' letter. Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks Please see http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/state.htm

Sorry, I don't have any info on it. One of the funeral parlors in Macon might be able to help. Marv ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie & Gary Kohler" <Aug67@att.net> To: <MOMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [MOMACON] Freedom Cemetery Report > How wonderful!! We've not been there for about a year > and were really worried about the place. We had to drive > to within about 1/2 mile of the cemetery and then hike in > the rest of the way. Years and years ago there was a > house just down the lane (which is now inaccessible & > closed) that belonged to someone in my husband's > family. I know that the cemetery is not perpetual care. Do > you know who is now handling the finances? Thanks for > the update! > > Leslie (Bridges) Kohler > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "McCully" <mmcully@tdn.com> > > When were you there? I was there in September and the > > cemetery was mowed and the road freshly graded. Very > > easy access for a dirt road. > >

Hi, I'm very involved in genealogy and very interested in preserving those county records that are being neglected and will probably be disgarded because of storage limitations as school budgets continue to get tighter. I have asked for old highschool class records from Macon High School. I asked an outgoing principal and of course that was a waste of time. I would be willing to use voluteers to record these records in digital format and then place them on this web site. Another example of nearly lost records is those old will and probate folders (1/2 of those in existence) that were sent from Macon to Jefferson City for microfilming with orders to destroy them after filming. They were rescued by a concerned citizen of Macon Co. and these 50-70 boxes of records were preserved. There is now no place for these records to be properly preserved. Many of the records were not readable on the film and only careful manual examination allowed them to be read. Personal intervention saved them but now they are in danger of being lost again when this elderly person passes away and others have to step up to care for them. There is not a very active historical society in Macon Co. and only a few volunteers that participate in this web site answering requests for assistance. The theft of records from the Macon Library makes it impossible for precious one of a kind records to be made available directly to the public. There is no provision for a tool crib type monitoring of such records in Macon Co. It is a matter of money they say. There is not much hope for a remedy as any loose money will go to a new YMCA. It would be very good if a state agency were to request schools and libraries to provide records to those interested in saving the records for posterity. Space problems cause these old court and school records to be at risk. Ernie CC MOMACON

Records at risk A number of kinds of records that are of value for family historians are often at risk because only the originals exist. Thus, they are at risk of discard as old and value-less, or of fire, storm, mold, age-related deterioration or vandalism. These include mainly school records (teachers daily records that show the names of the pupils, often their parents or guardians), bible records, sexton's records, mortuary records and church records. You may know of others. Some business records are also valuable, if only indirectly. (Fortunately, in Missouri, most courthouse records have been microfilmed, but it pays to check with the officials to be sure.) There are several ways to reduce the risk of loss of these records. These include photocopying, microfilming (with the negatives stored safely, at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City or at the State Archives), photography, copying to CD or DVD, and publication in a well-distributed and well-indexed organ. By well-indexed, I mean both name-indexed within the organ and, for periodicals, indexed in Periodical Source Index (PERSI). For the present, a procedure of both publication and filming on silver (not color) film provides the most security. That way, both an image of the original and an indexed transcription is preserved. Digital recording media change so often that the records may become unavailable when the system for reading the media become obsolete and are discarded. This is to urge all those interested in family history to search for such records and to see to the protection of all those found. If you cannot make the rounds of your local courthouses and historical societies and museums, please call around, and use mail or e-mail. Judgment is needed as to where to publish. Church, school, sexton's and mortuary records are best published in a local magazine if it is indexed in PERSI. Bible records, which, by the way, do not lend themselves to microfilming, are best published in a magazine that covers the area in which the family lived, or in a magazine of regional or state-wide coverage if the family extends beyond, say, a county. I offer publication of good transcriptions in the Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal. The Journal is widely distributed, has a good annual index, and is indexed in PERSI. I can work from good photocopies or scans of the originals. There is, of course, no charge for publishing in the Journal, and submitters receive a copy of each issue in which their work appears. If a record collection is too large for publication in the Journal, I can probably help arrange for publication in book form. Bob Doerr, Editor, Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal Please see http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/state.htm

Access to Records In 1910, the State of Missouri assumed the responsibility for keeping vital records. The records were kept confidential, as was proper, at least for birth records. However, some of the records are now 90 years old; it is time to place microfilms of all the birth records, with indexes, that are older than 72 years, and all of the death and other records, into the State Archives for full public access. Efforts have been made in the legislature, but the Department of Health obfuscates. The Department proposes to place on line images of the birth records 90 years or older and death records 50 years or older. That will be fine, but it is not enough. This is to urge that, during this political season, your candidates for the legislature and state senate be queried as to their positions on the matter. Owing to the Federal regulation that census data remain closed for 72 years, that interval has become a de facto standard in the USA. A 72-year interval suffices for privacy. All that is needed is to add to Sect. 193.245 of RSMO 1994 new sub-paragraphs as follows: (4) The department shall enable the State Archives to duplicate, for public access, microfilms of the following: a) all birth records that are 72 years old or older, and indexes to such records, and b) all other vital records and indexes. (5) The department shall enable, annually, the State Archives to duplicate microfilms of the following: a) all birth records that have become 72 years old or older, and indexes to such records, and b) all other vital records and indexes. Bob Doerr Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks Please see http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/state.htm

How wonderful!! We've not been there for about a year and were really worried about the place. We had to drive to within about 1/2 mile of the cemetery and then hike in the rest of the way. Years and years ago there was a house just down the lane (which is now inaccessible & closed) that belonged to someone in my husband's family. I know that the cemetery is not perpetual care. Do you know who is now handling the finances? Thanks for the update! Leslie (Bridges) Kohler ----- Original Message ----- From: "McCully" <mmcully@tdn.com> > When were you there? I was there in September and the > cemetery was mowed and the road freshly graded. Very > easy access for a dirt road.

When were you there? I was there in September and the cemetery was mowed and the road freshly graded. Very easy access for a dirt road. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie & Gary Kohler" <Aug67@att.net> To: <MOMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 9:46 PM Subject: [MOMACON] Freedom Cemetery Report > Hello All, > > Thought you might want to know that my husband has several family > members buried in Freedom Cemetery, which is north and east of > Callao, Macon County, MO. We have been there. Although the > cemetery is now overgrown, it is fenced. Access to it is difficult due > to a spring in the road... on a hill top, no less! We are hoping to get > back to this cemetery again next month, after (hopefully) the poison > ivy has died back some for the winter. My sister-in-law took a reading > of the cemetery several years ago, but cannot now find the notebook > in which she recorded the names on the stones. I can tell you, however, > that their grandfather, George Henry KOEHLER (10 May 1871-24 Mch > 1903) is buried there, as are a couple more of my husband's family. > IF we do get there next month, I'll take a reading of any of the stones > that we can read and then report it here. > > Leslie (Bridges) Kohler > Glendale, AZ and Carrollton, MO >

Hello All, Thought you might want to know that my husband has several family members buried in Freedom Cemetery, which is north and east of Callao, Macon County, MO. We have been there. Although the cemetery is now overgrown, it is fenced. Access to it is difficult due to a spring in the road... on a hill top, no less! We are hoping to get back to this cemetery again next month, after (hopefully) the poison ivy has died back some for the winter. My sister-in-law took a reading of the cemetery several years ago, but cannot now find the notebook in which she recorded the names on the stones. I can tell you, however, that their grandfather, George Henry KOEHLER (10 May 1871-24 Mch 1903) is buried there, as are a couple more of my husband's family. IF we do get there next month, I'll take a reading of any of the stones that we can read and then report it here. Leslie (Bridges) Kohler Glendale, AZ and Carrollton, MO

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: campbell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DNB.2ACI/309.1 Message Board Post: My wife's gggrandmother was Lavina Campbell, born 1844, Randolph County, Mo. Believe her parents were John and Caroline Campbell. She was married at Macon during the Civil War.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DNB.2ACI/382.2 Message Board Post: Hi Mary, I can't help you on the obit but I can tell you Charles and Annie's mother and fathers names. Daniel S. Richardson and Nancy Jane Cooley I hope this helps a little.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cassady,Casady,Mulanix,Mullinix,Mulnix,Mullenix Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DNB.2ACI/425 Message Board Post: I am looking for William Chester Cassady's Family Bible last known to be in George Samuel Cassady's family. I need to know information about my great grandmother there seams to be a conflict on who her parents are I would love to solve the mystery. If anyone out there knows the where abouts of this bible please let me know. Thank you Rick,

When I first noticed Ross Cemetery listed in the Macon County plat book I was surprised since I lived within a half mile of it from 1952-1957 and had never heard of it. My brother and I decided to try and find it. First I got permission from the current land owner to walk his property. While making inquiry as to exact location I was directed to the Sheriff Dawson. He told me that his father had once owned the land and had bulldozed it leaving just a few trees around the cemetery. It is in sad shape since the cows have been running through it for years. All the stone are overturned or broken and partially buried. We were able to read the following: May Burc? 1812-1908 Louisa E. Griffin Died Aug 1 1938 Age 9 Mos Graven P. Ross Margaret E Born Dec 17 1813 Wife of Died Apr 10 1900 G. P. Ross Born Sept 25, 1833 Died Apr 6, 1902 William I Infant Son of Daug of WS & M WS & M James James Born Apr 30, 1863 Born May 11, 1870 Died Sept 12, 1865 Died May 12, 1870 Martha Wife of Wm S James Born Dec 28, 1838 Died May 18, 1870

Is there a Pearl St. in Macon? Or a Pearl St. Methodist Church back about 1924? Sheryl Franklin Morgan

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/DNB.2ACI/424 Message Board Post: My grandfather, Daniel Edward Dean was born in LaPlata in 1889. His sister, Clarinda Dean, dob 1876, death: 1891 was buried in the Sue City Cemtery. Any info on the Dean family would be greatly appreciated. Janice Dean LeMaster

Looking for information on my gggrandmother Margaret Ellen Nichols born 8 Sept 1860; d/o R. H. Nichols (only info on father); married James Benjamin Vass 20 December 1877; she died 10 May 1922 buried Hebron Cemetery, College Mound, Macon Co., MO. Margaret also had a brother, name unknown, who had a son named Henry Hubert Nichols who died of TB and is buried at Hebron also. Margaret and James had only one child, my ggrandmother Cora Belle Vass who married Lewis Henry Franklin. Any help would be appreciated. Sheryl Franklin Morgan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Patton, Wright Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DNB.2ACI/423 Message Board Post: I need help finding a marriage record for Samuel Arthur Patton and Jenny Wright. They married in Macon, MO, on 26 Sept. 1894. I need to check the original record for two reasons: 1) I do not know Jenny's parents and am hoping they may be listed in the record, and 2) I really need the official book and page number so I can document the marriage. Any help is very much appreciated! Thank you!

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/DNB.2ACI/422 Message Board Post: Does anyone know of a Joseph William Edwards married to a Harriet Warden that came from Edwardsville Indiana in 1831 to Macon, Macon co....Children were Hesekiah, Joseph,Nat, Matilda,Susie,James, Bessie and John William... John William married a Sarah Fannon from Tennessee