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/WMB.2ACE/4670.2 Message Board Post: Dear Debbie, The St. Louis Public Library has a book called "History of the Metropolitan Police Department of St. Louis 1810-1910". You may be able to find a picture or even a biography of Michael. Email the library at the following website and request a lookup and copy. Fees are very reasonable. See item #13 for the email. http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/geneinfo.htm http://catalog.slpl.lib.mo.us/web2/tramp2.exe/authority_hits/A007kar4.006?server=1home&item=5 You might want to see what else is available at the library-vital records, obits, city directories, etc. If you do request any of the previous, request like records in one email such as all births together, then another email for the obits. Online index to burials in the cemeteries OWNED by the archdiocese. http://www.stlcathcem.com/ One of my favorite websites for research in St. Louis is Dave Lossos' which has links to other sites and where to write type info: http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/ St. Louis County library also has a genealogy section http://www.slcl.lib.mo.us/slcl/sc/sc-genpg.htm