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/kNB.2ACI/1630.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ellison, collins, stubbs, johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kNB.2ACI/1621.1 Message Board Post: hello. we have a great gen society here in town. it is on grand avenue. they are open from 10 to 2, on tuesdays and thursdays. lots of information there, census, tax records, old school pics from around here local, and much more. the ladies there would love for you to stop in and visit. jackie ullom [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: collins, stubbs, ellison, johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kNB.2ACI/1630.1 Message Board Post: hi, my husbands mother was a sullins. i am working on their line now. i will see if i can find out anything on that for ya. jackie ullom

Hi Everyone, Many of you might not be aware that as of October 23, 2002, the 1880 US Census Index, 1881 Canadian and 1881 British Census Indexes are available free at: http://www.familysearch.org These are from the LDS Church which have also had these indexes on CD's for quite some time. Keep checking their website for more as they seem to be adding more to their website all the time. Happy hunting!!!! Bev Reinhardt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Walls, Sullins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kNB.2ACI/1630 Message Board Post: Searching for information on William Walls born 1843 in Missouri. In the 1850 census records I have found a WM Walls living with John Sullins family in Texas County Missouri. Children listed in the house hold are. Sullins, John age 44 Wife Racchel age 41 daughter Polly age 16 daughter Susannah age 12 daughter Jane age 7 son John age 5 male WM Walls 9 could be William Walls. All members in this house hold were born in Missouri, wife Rachel was born in New York.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kNB.2ACI/1620.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: No, I am sorry, he did not have a son born in 1853. His children were all born in the 1860s except possibly Sarah, his daughter by his first wife, who came with him from Mississippi to Missouri. He arrived in Missouri sometime in the late 1850s to early 1860s. Sorry I can't help any more. There was another family of Smiths in the area because one of his sons married a Smith also. I am not sure at this point of her first name, I will see if I can find it for you. I have it here somewhere. I will send it back soon.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kNB.2ACI/1620.1.1.1.1.3 Message Board Post: No, I am sorry, he did not have a son born in 1853. His children were all born in the 1860s except possibly Sarah, his daughter by his first wife, who came with him from Mississippi to Missouri. He arrived in Missouri sometime in the late 1850s to early 1860s. Sorry I can't help any more. There was another family of Smiths in the area because one of his sons married a Smith also. I am not sure at this point of her first name, I will see if I can find it for you. I have it here somewhere. I will send it back soon.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kNB.2ACI/1620.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: No, I am sorry, he did not have a son born in 1853. His children were all born in the 1860s except possibly Sarah, his daughter by his first wife, who came with him from Mississippi to Missouri. He arrived in Missouri sometime in the late 1850s to early 1860s. Sorry I can't help any more. There was another family of Smiths in the area because one of his sons married a Smith also. I am not sure at this point of her first name, I will see if I can find it for you. I have it here somewhere. I will send it back soon.

Seeking info on obit for Christopher Wilson b. 1889, m. Hattie James 1912. I have Christopher's date of death, Sept 18 1982. It's my belief they lived Houston Mo. Grateful for any help. Viola in CA.

Hello, Anyone searching for Jackson's in Texas and surrounding counties of MO? My lines would have been around there from abt. 1870s and there are probably descendants there today. Thanks, Judy Lee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith,Kell,Nichols Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kNB.2ACI/1620.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: did your James happen to have a son William M. born in August 1853? I am looking for my G Grandad William Marion Smith he married Rebecca "Becky" Kell from Dent or Texas county, then married Elizabeth Jane Nichols, he and Jane both died in Ozark county.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kNB.2ACI/496.1 Message Board Post: Lisa, did you find info on Marion Ellis? Asa E. Ellis (7/6/1817 to 8/20/1898) and his wife, Mary Wimberly (6/20/1818 to 1/15/1893) had many children and one of them was named Francis Marion Ellis according to my records. He was born about 1841. Asa and Mary lived in Texas County, MO. Could this be your Marion?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ellis, Wimberly, Hooker, Churchill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kNB.2ACI/1629 Message Board Post: I'm looking for descendants of Asa E. Ellis (1817-1898) and Mary "Polly" Wimberly (1818-1893). They had 8 children and lived in Texas County, MO until Asa left for the Calif. Gold Rush in 1850. I'm trying to find out if he divorced Mary "Polly" or if he just left (he remarried in Calif & had another family). Did Mary "Polly" move back to Lincoln County, MO? I have seen references to his leaving her a lumber mill. Know anything about that? I'm descended from their daughter, Elizabeth, who lived her adult life in neighboring Laclede County.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cox, Ramsower, Lewis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kNB.2ACI/1628 Message Board Post: Stephen L. Cox-B:1815, Randolph, N.C. He married Sarah J. Ramsower-25 Feb. 1935. Believe that Sarah father was John Ramsower. Stephen L. Cox parents was--Stephen-D: about 1816 Randolph, Co. N.C. Mother was Priscilla Lewis-D: after 1860 Randolph, Co. N.C. Stephen L. sibblings was: Lucinda--Crawford--Thomas--Aron--Nancy Violet. Stephen L. Cox moved to Texas Co. Mo. late 1850. Stephen died after 1890 have no information on Sarah death

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kNB.2ACI/1620.1.1.1 Message Board Post: James E. Madison Smith was born February 24, 1839 In Cuba, Alcorn County, Mississippi. He moved to Missouri through Tennessee where his first wife died and was buried. His second wife was named Margaret Illen Stricklin. They were married in 1868. They had somewhere between ll and 13 children, one of which was my great grandmother, Ida Priscilla Harvey, nee Smith. If this is part of your family, please let me know. I will answer as soon as I can.

This is my first venture into your neighborhood. Martha J. McTeer, d/o of Andrew Jackson & Mary Rebecca (Janes) McTeer was born 23 Sep 1871. She was married twice in Madison Co., IL Both records give her birthplace as Texas Co., MO. The McTeer family arrived in Madison Co., IL during the Civil War. Apparently they ventured elsewhere before returning there. They once again appear in the 1880 census for Madison Co., IL (where Martha's birthplace is given as IL). Thanks for whatever assistance you might provide. Michael McTeer 29 Palms, CA [email protected] (archival purposes)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: campbell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kNB.2ACI/1623 Message Board Post: LIsted in the Census index of 1930 are Rex O Campbell State: Missouri Township: Morris Roll: T626_1249 : Page: 11A ED: 13 I would really aprreciate a lookup on this family. Thank you so very much. Priscilla

This is a follow-up to my recent post about needed access to Vital Records. The problem is not that the vital records cannot be accessed; they can. For a fee, the staff at the Department of Health will search for a record. If they find it, they will send a copy. Too often the response is that they found no record. I sought birth and death data re my aunt, who died before her brother, my father, was born. He told me that her given name was Mildred. I sent my money for searches and was advised that no records were found. I found her baptismal record by a different given name. It happens that the relevant records in this case were not held by the Mo. Dept. of Health, and I was able to review the hand-written birth and death records. I found her birth record by a third given name, but, by the time she died, she was indeed Mildred. A staff simply cannot locate a record under such circumstances. A researcher can, but depends on access to the data. My grandmother's maiden name was very difficult to spell. I knew the ship and arrival date of her aunt (same surname). It took me three times thru a transcription of the ship list to recognize her thoroughly-butchered name. Of course, I could not find her name in the index. I never did find her sister who was with her. My name is Doerr; in an old list, it is spelled 'Ter'. Only by searching the original records, or microforms thereof, can one find the needed data in such cases. (I guess I now have an idea as to how my ancestors pronounced our name.) The researcher has patience and incentive to find the data; any staff must depend on their imperfect indexes and the Health Department has incentive to send a 'no find' letter. Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks Please see http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/state.htm

Records at risk A number of kinds of records that are of value for family historians are often at risk because only the originals exist. Thus, they are at risk of discard as old and value-less, or of fire, storm, mold, age-related deterioration or vandalism. These include mainly school records (teachers daily records that show the names of the pupils, often their parents or guardians), bible records, sexton's records, mortuary records and church records. You may know of others. Some business records are also valuable, if only indirectly. (Fortunately, in Missouri, most courthouse records have been microfilmed, but it pays to check with the officials to be sure.) There are several ways to reduce the risk of loss of these records. These include photocopying, microfilming (with the negatives stored safely, at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City or at the State Archives), photography, copying to CD or DVD, and publication in a well-distributed and well-indexed organ. By well-indexed, I mean both name-indexed within the organ and, for periodicals, indexed in Periodical Source Index (PERSI). For the present, a procedure of both publication and filming on silver (not color) film provides the most security. That way, both an image of the original and an indexed transcription is preserved. Digital recording media change so often that the records may become unavailable when the system for reading the media become obsolete and are discarded. This is to urge all those interested in family history to search for such records and to see to the protection of all those found. If you cannot make the rounds of your local courthouses and historical societies and museums, please call around, and use mail or e-mail. Judgment is needed as to where to publish. Church, school, sexton's and mortuary records are best published in a local magazine if it is indexed in PERSI. Bible records, which, by the way, do not lend themselves to microfilming, are best published in a magazine that covers the area in which the family lived, or in a magazine of regional or state-wide coverage if the family extends beyond, say, a county. I offer publication of good transcriptions in the Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal. The Journal is widely distributed, has a good annual index, and is indexed in PERSI. I can work from good photocopies or scans of the originals. There is, of course, no charge for publishing in the Journal, and submitters receive a copy of each issue in which their work appears. If a record collection is too large for publication in the Journal, I can probably help arrange for publication in book form. Bob Doerr, Editor, Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal Please see http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/state.htm

Access to Records In 1910, the State of Missouri assumed the responsibility for keeping vital records. The records were kept confidential, as was proper, at least for birth records. However, some of the records are now 90 years old; it is time to place microfilms of all the birth records, with indexes, that are older than 72 years, and all of the death and other records, into the State Archives for full public access. Efforts have been made in the legislature, but the Department of Health obfuscates. The Department proposes to place on line images of the birth records 90 years or older and death records 50 years or older. That will be fine, but it is not enough. This is to urge that, during this political season, your candidates for the legislature and state senate be queried as to their positions on the matter. Owing to the Federal regulation that census data remain closed for 72 years, that interval has become a de facto standard in the USA. A 72-year interval suffices for privacy. All that is needed is to add to Sect. 193.245 of RSMO 1994 new sub-paragraphs as follows: (4) The department shall enable the State Archives to duplicate, for public access, microfilms of the following: a) all birth records that are 72 years old or older, and indexes to such records, and b) all other vital records and indexes. (5) The department shall enable, annually, the State Archives to duplicate microfilms of the following: a) all birth records that have become 72 years old or older, and indexes to such records, and b) all other vital records and indexes. Bob Doerr Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks Please see http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/state.htm