Jeanette, You have certainly done your research on Iron County, but I am only looking in the 1914 (when the children were put up for adoption) and the 1926 period when I found her married. This is what I know: Both of her parents died of TB, mother in Nov 1913 and father shortly after that. Before the father died he took all four children to the Children's Home Society of Missouri. My father and his brother were placed in Lawrence County, MO and I have their papers. Daddy was adopted Dept 2, 1914. A.J.Markely placed both of the boys (I can follow him from the adoption time until his death in Springfield, MO). This all came from their uncle's Oregon Co. MO probate records. In this file I found Pearly's married name and where she was living in 1926. From there I found her daughter's location in Poplar Bluff and then found Pearly's admitting to the TB Chest Hospital in Mt. Vernon (Lawrence Co., MO) in 1929; she died there in mid 1931. She is buried in Poplar Bluff. From there I ! found her husbands elderly aunt who lives (age 96) in Poplar Bluff and she told me that Pearly (called Mary) was raised in Greenville, Iron Co, by a Hunt family. I have a picture of the other sister, Margaret, and maybe Pearly is the other girl in the picture. Margaret was adopted by a Scott family who was said to be living in Oregon Co., (lost cause there). Would there be any way to trace through Iron County of foster children since two of the childrens' info was in Lawrence Co? The reason I have the adoption papers is because there was a copy sent to Oregon Co., from Lawrence co. to prove the childrens' parentage and that they were heirs to their uncle's estate. Strange things happen. The state of Missouri will not give me death records from an adopted sibling of my father. Do you know any other way to get a death certificate? Or was the person in Jefferson City just being a jerk? Thanks for the help and you have a great Holiday too. Pat Miller Jeanette Henson McClure <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Pat, Having all the books that have been published, published some of them my self, of Iron Co., MO. I will look in there for you for her. But you probably would not find her in a probate record unless you searh Oregon Co., and find her parents probate record. If she had property when living in Poplar Bluff, Mo. the probate record for her would be there in Butler County courthouse, but it looks as if by your note - that she left there.. But if I remember that courthouse, after being there, It was not complete on their records....and that is one of the counties that the Everton book has no info about the records there. I checked the 1910,1920-1930 census of Iron Co., Mo. and did not find her name, there are a couple Riley-Reilly families there but no mention of her. Also, she was not in the marriages there from 1900 through 1933. But Iron Co., Mo. has several sites on the computer, and you might look in there and leave a query with them. Of course, you know that Poplar Bluff is in Butler Co., Mo. Also you might try ordering her death certificate from Missouri Vital Statistices, Deaths and Births in Jefferson City, MO. they also have a site in the computer. I have odered many from them, deaths mostly, it always has listed where they were buried within that county. Wish I could help you more. Have a good CHRISTmas. J. Jeanette Henson McClure, CG ----- Original Message ----- From: "PAT MILLER" To: Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [MOOREGON] Thayer Cemetery > Janette, > Ah, now you really interest me. My father's oldest sister was placed in a home in Greenville, MO in about 1914. The foster family name was Hunter and I can find nothing about them. Her name was Pearly Mary Jane Reilley/Riley and her parents died in 1913-1914 in Oregon County, MO. I know who she married, but nothing about her from 1914 until I found her in about 1928-9 living in Cape Girardeau, MO, already married to Eddie Crow. (found in a probate record and then on a census) There doesn't seem to be any records about her in Oregon Co except a 1910 census. Their father put the kids up for adoption and she wasn't adopted. Let me know how to find info in Iron County. Pearly's husband's aunt told me this about her. After I found one of my Riley great aunts still living, she said that Pearly was taken north and raised there. Pearly died in 1931 and is buried in Poplar Bluff, MO. > Pat Miller > > Jeanette Henson McClure wrote: > Hello Pat, Yes, I have been to the courthouse there. I am glad that you put > this on the site for folks to see. We all need to know what is > available....like you I have found things in courthouses that surprised me > by being there. That is like finding a gold mine once in awhile. Iron Co., > MO. where I am from is the same way, they have a small library, also, with a > room of genealogy books that is just great. And their courthouse records are > complete. And yes, everyone should be able to be proud and knowledgeable of > the place where they reside or resided. Thank You. Jeanette. > > Happy Holidays, > Jeanette Henson McClure, CG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "PAT MILLER" > > To: > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:46 PM > Subject: Re: [MOOREGON] Thayer Cemetery > > > > Your book will say that the Oregon County, MO courthouse was burned...but > be sure that the records are there. I have gotten many records from the > Oregon County, MO courthouse but mostly through the Genealogical > Society/Historical Society who is based at the courthouse in Alton, MO. The > town is so very tiny that just sending requests to the Society at the > courthouse gets too them. The library, across the street on the square, is > also a wonderful source of information. We city folk just don't realize how > much a little area cares about their history. If the probate records are > there someone will find them for you. I even got my father's adoption > records by ordering a probate record. > > > > You can write to the Oregon County Genealogical Society % County > Courthouse, Alton, MO 65606 or just write to the Courthouse and County > records. Someone will help you. Remember to enclose a self addressed > stamped envelope for them too answer back. The first time I asked for > information they did it for free, but from then on there was a charge. If > you have a lot of records to request it pays to join the society. > > Pat Miller > > Dallas,TX > > > > Jeanette Henson McClure wrote: > > Hello Marie, Well you are the second to ask on this Oregon Co., Mo. > list, so > > guess I will send this one to the list. > > First of all, you will need a phone book to call or you can write to them, > > any courthouse in any county within any state, ask them if their probate > > files go back to the date that you need. Some of the Missouri counties > > courthouses have burned in the past, sometimes during the Civil War, and > > then their files in the courthouse are not complete. So before your write > or > > call or drive 100's of miles, a researcher should always "check the land" > > and what records are availalble there. I use a book "The Handy Book For > > Genealogists" published by The Everton Publishers, Inc., P O Box 368, > Logan, > > Utah 84321. It shows every county within every state and foreign countries > > also, tells what records are available in our courthouses and if the > > courthouse was burned in the past with all records or partial records. And > > this book also tells what is available when you are ready to do foreign > > country research. > > I have called this book my "bible" for doing my research for many many > > years, 34 to be exact. I never go anywhere without checking it first. If a > > courthouse has burned with all the records, you are wasting time and money > > to go there. Of course if you go there to look at all the cemeteries in a > > county, then that is different. But - if you can find the probate record > for > > that person at the courthouse level, it may even have the name of the > > cemetery that he or she was buried in, and look at the time and money you > > have saved. (IF - the book says that the courthouse is complete record > wise > > and has not burned in the past, we must consider ourselves very > fortunate.) > > Good luck in your searches, and Merry Christmas. J. > > > > Jeanette Henson McClure, CG. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 7:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOOREGON] Thayer Cemetery > > > > > > > Jeannette: How do you go about ordering a record from Probate, can you > > tell I > > > am new at this? Thank you. 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