>Subject: Missouri Death Certificate Database Sneak Preview >Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:21:30 -0500 > >As a small token of our appreciation for all of the work that you >have done on the death certificate project I would like to announce >an early online preview of the death certificate database at ><http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/>http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/. >The public release for the database will be on Thursday, April 6. >Please contact me if you have any questions or comments regarding >the database so that we may address them before the database is made >available to the public. > >Also, please let me take a moment to announce the next eVolunteer >projects. We have discovered a number of WPA indexes to records in >our collection. These indexes contain name, date, usually a county >location, and page number information. Record series that these >indexes cover include but are not limited to Tax Deeds, 1847-1878, >Civil Proceedings, 1837-ca1930 (listing of the day-by-day actions >such as pardons, appointments, proclamations, etc. of the governor) >and Civil Register, ca1818-ca1930 (listing of all elected or >appointed officials in Missouri.) Although not traditional research >series these records contain a wealth of individual names, dates, >and places that will fill in little known details of the individuals >in Missouri history. > >We also will continue our pre-1910 Birth and Death database >transcription. Information on this project can be found at ><http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/>http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/. >These records are handwritten and only available by photocopy. At >this time most all counties are complete except for Jackson and St. >Louis. > >And of course as soon as the 1956 Death Certificate index is >released to the Archives will add the transcription of these records >to the list of available projects. > >If you are interested in any of the above projects please let me >know. Thank you very much for being a huge part of making records >available. We could not complete a fraction of this work without >you. > >Sincerely, > >Gerald Hirsch >Electronic Records Archivist ><mailto:archvol@sos.mo.gov>archvol@sos.mo.gov >