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/4692.1 Message Board Post: Franklin County, Missouri. Try using a search engine for this type of information or an atlas. Sources for genealogical information in St. Louis: http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/ http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/geneinfo.htm Have you looked at the censuses? Written for death records and marriage records? Tried genealogy Societies or local historical museums? Written to funeral homes or cemeteries? Contacted local libraries to see if they have death notices or obits for the people? You might want to read a book such as Val Greenwood's one on doing American Research or join a local genealogy society. It appears that you only have other people's information as a source. These are not considered primary sources. Did you ask the people if you could post their names on the internet?