on 11/8/03 7:50 AM, Conni Braun at cbraun675@wideopenwest.com wrote: > Are there any old church records available at the library or online? I am > trying to locate baptismal records for several of my Baldus family members who > were born in the area. I find it strange that the oldest children and the > very youngest had middle names but not those in the middle. I have found some > records in St. Clair County, Illinois and am hoping to locate more in Saline > County. I have found them in the Catholic Church records although only the > family was not Catholic. Specifically I am looking for the following > individuals born in Saline County, Missouri. > > Cora Baldus, born June 30, 1892 > Fred Baldus, born June 09, 1893 > > > Many thanks. > Conni Mitchell Braun Hi Connie, I don't know if this will help but I've had good luck with it. I found a great website with old Missouri Newspapers you can search online. Among the newspapers is the St. Louis Christian Advocate published by the Methodist Episcopal Church South. I'm not sure how late it was publlished but might have been published then since they merged and became United Methodist in 1939(I think). Any way it's worth searching all the papers there since your relative could have shown up in a newspaper for some reason. Here's the link: http://newspapers.umsystem.edu/Default/Client.asp?skin=MISSOURIA&AW=10668488 85031 Good Luck, Karren A.

Thanks. I found 4 Baldus articles but nothing I was trying to locate. It's still a great site to have. I wish there were more newspapers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karren Amaro" <skyghost@kc.rr.com> To: <MOSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [MOSALINE] Church Records > on 11/8/03 7:50 AM, Conni Braun at cbraun675@wideopenwest.com wrote: > > > Are there any old church records available at the library or online? I am > > trying to locate baptismal records for several of my Baldus family members who > > were born in the area. I find it strange that the oldest children and the > > very youngest had middle names but not those in the middle. I have found some > > records in St. Clair County, Illinois and am hoping to locate more in Saline > > County. I have found them in the Catholic Church records although only the > > family was not Catholic. Specifically I am looking for the following > > individuals born in Saline County, Missouri. > > > > Cora Baldus, born June 30, 1892 > > Fred Baldus, born June 09, 1893 > > > > > > Many thanks. > > Conni Mitchell Braun > > > Hi Connie, > > I don't know if this will help but I've had good luck with it. I found a > great website with old Missouri Newspapers you can search online. > Among the newspapers is the St. Louis Christian Advocate published by the > Methodist Episcopal Church South. I'm not sure how late it was publlished > but might have been published then since they merged and became United > Methodist in 1939(I think). Any way it's worth searching all the papers > there since your relative could have shown up in a newspaper for some > reason. > > Here's the link: > > http://newspapers.umsystem.edu/Default/Client.asp?skin=MISSOURIA&AW=10668488 > 85031 > > Good Luck, > > Karren A. > > > ==== MOSALINE Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain > letters, political announcements, current events, items > for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. > (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, > contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > 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 >