Wilma Santos: Some additional information on Paris and surrounding area. Paris, the county seat of Monroe County has a motel. It is called Lake Village Motel, telephone number (660) 327-5151. We have stayed there several times; it is convenient and comfortable. While there are motels in Hannibal, it is 57 miles away from Paris, although it is closer to Monroe City if that is your research area. Moberly is 25 miles west of Paris on Highway 24 and has a number of motels. Mexico is 25 miles south, on Highway 15, and has motels. Perry, a small town with lots of tourism (in Ralls County) also has motels. You should be able to find satisfactory motels via the web in each of these towns. The Paris Public Library has some excellent local genealogical references, and the librarian is very helpful. They especially have excellent cemetery records. Many of the early marriages in Monroe County were recorded in Mexico, MO since Monroe did not become a county until 1831. Mexico is the county seat of Audrain County, and the Mexico Public Library does have a lot of material on Monroe County, plus microflm of Mexico Ledger and Intelligencer. Volunteers will help you with what you need there during the daytime hours. The Paris courthouse has records for marriages, will and estate settlements etc, but not birth records. Approacehd politely, the courthouse people will be very helpfull, especially the Recorder's office. There are no birth records before 1910 because of a fire that destroyed them, but what is available are housed in the Capital of the state, Jefferson City, MO. The Audrain County Courthouse will also make copies but I have not found them as accomodating as at Paris. Have a good trip.

Mexico also has a Historical Society/Museum which has several Family Files not found in some of the local libraries. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Miller" <dmmiller@ticon.net> To: <MOMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:26 PM Subject: [MOMONROE] Motels and resources in Paris > Wilma Santos: Some additional information on Paris and surrounding area. > > Paris, the county seat of Monroe County has a motel. It is called > Lake Village Motel, telephone number (660) 327-5151. We have stayed > there several times; it is convenient and comfortable. While there > are motels in Hannibal, it is 57 miles away from Paris, although it > is closer to Monroe City if that is your research area. > > Moberly is 25 miles west of Paris on Highway 24 and has a number of > motels. Mexico is 25 miles south, on Highway 15, and has motels. > Perry, a small town with lots of tourism (in Ralls County) also has > motels. You should be able to find satisfactory motels via the web > in each of these towns. > > The Paris Public Library has some excellent local genealogical > references, and the librarian is very helpful. They especially have > excellent cemetery records. Many of the early marriages in Monroe > County were recorded in Mexico, MO since Monroe did not become a > county until 1831. Mexico is the county seat of Audrain County, and > the Mexico Public Library does have a lot of material on Monroe > County, plus microflm of Mexico Ledger and Intelligencer. Volunteers > will help you with what you need there during the daytime hours. > > The Paris courthouse has records for marriages, will and estate > settlements etc, but not birth records. Approacehd politely, the > courthouse people will be very helpfull, especially the Recorder's > office. There are no birth records before 1910 because of a fire that > destroyed them, but what is available are housed in the Capital of > the state, Jefferson City, MO. The Audrain County Courthouse will > also make copies but I have not found them as accomodating as at > Paris. Have a good trip. > > > ==== MOMONROE Mailing List ==== > Rhonda Smith list manager > momonroe-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237