Check Polk County Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mopolkgs. E Mail [email protected] They are in the old library building on the Square in Bolivar. Also, check [email protected] Laura Hoffer has offered to do lookups at Pitts Funeral Home in Bolivar. Norma On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:22:32 EST [email protected] writes: > Seeking information if Polk Co Library in Bolivar, Mo., have > old > Bolivar (weekly) Newspapers on microfilm (1897-1900) ????I know > many > Libraries do and the weekly papers are easy to scan. I am > seeking a Ruth > Evalina (Lawson) Jones obituary., " Ev Jones". > Thanks. Reva Hopkins Bruhn > > > ==== MOPOLK Mailing List ==== > Please snip all of the previous message, leave just enough to let > everyone know what you are responding to. Thanks! > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

I talked with Laura HOFFER at Pitts Funeral Home in Bolivar. She tells me the following: "Our records go back to deaths in October of 1928 thru today....I put them in a data base (all by myself!) when we first got the computer 5 years ago!  I can search  by deceased name, surname or first; mother's name; father's name, social security #, and cemetery.  I have printed out a lot of cemetery sorts, so that people can see who we have buried in a particular cemetery." To contact Laura [an ex cousin of mine by marriage], email her at: [email protected] Happy Holidays! Lanita Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!