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Recent Updates

November 30, 2008

Surnames added
September meeting notes added
New Message Boards opened for queries 
Excerpts from the Fall Echo added
Link to old maps added
Excerpts from the Winter Echo added
Old Post Cards of Pike County added
Articles from 2002 editions of the Echo added
More Rootsweb Riches mined
A new Mystery - What was 6 Akers? 
New Surnames added 
More Pictures added to Smyrna Cemetery page 
Bio added for John E. Scott 
Article added about Scott's Spring 
Campbell-Benn cemetery added 
A Mystery maybe solved! 

March 01, 2009

Surnames added 
Excerpts from the Spring Echo added
Index of 1932-1933 Obits available at the library
"New" old pictures of Clarksville & schoolchildren 
More Rootsweb Riches mined

April 09, 2009

Query Submission closed.

Audrey Jones is working very hard, along with a group of dedicated volunteers, to clean up local cemeteries. Please contact her directly if you can help. 

Donations are welcome to help defray the cost of signs for the places cleaned, purchase of a weed eater and to buy gas for those who come with chainsaws.

Upcoming:

17 May - Mount Pleasant

Cleaned So Far:

Draper Cemetery with thanks to:
Audrey Jones, Madison Thomure, Bonnie Mendonsa, Harriet Worrell, Roy Sisson, Barb Sisson, Roy Sisson III, Elmer Sisson, Donald Counts, Beth Counts, James Counts, Nathan Counts, Emily Counts, Jenny Counts, Jacob Counts, Jennie Crawford, Ken McCullough

Shotwell Cemetery with thanks to:
Roy Sisson, Pike Co. Commissioner; Nathan Lilley, BG Times Editor; Terry Witte, Dist 11 State Rep.; Dorothy McCarthy; Robert and Nina Peden; Roy's friend Bob; Audrey Jones; Pauline Gibbs, property owner

Gillium Cemetery with thanks to:
Gail Leonard & husband; The Pritchett Family

Rudd Schoolhouse Cemetery with thanks to:
William Hartwig; Mr and Mrs. Jr. Hartwig; Harriet Worrell; Harry Worrell; Audrey Jones

With Thanks to the Citizens of Pike County:

It is with great excitement that we report here that it looks like our cemetery project is spreading it's wings! The terrific people of our fair county are standing up and taking on the project themselves. Way to go, guys! You have our most sincere gratitude!

At the Henderson Cemetery, the owner has placed a barrier around it and apparently is standing up stones.

At the Jett Cemetery, the owner has mowed around the stone and may have even raised the fallen stone back onto it's base.

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New Researchers Added For:

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No-Longer-A-Mystery Marriage License  

Do you have a marriage announcement or 
license you would like to add? We are now 
adding actual announcements and licenses 
to our listings. 
You can see an announcement example here.
You can see a license example here.

Buffum Tool Company

Curry Family

Hughey A. Henry

O'Brien Pictures (& Article)

William Patterson - 1759-1847

The Price Family in Pike County

Sketch of Miles S. Price

John E. Scott

Scott's Spring

David Tombs

1860 Indian Creek Township  
Pike County Poor Farm: 1870-1920 
1870 Census Index by Township 
Census Questions by year

There are links to most images and
they will send you photocopies of the others for only $1.00 each!

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N | O | P | Q | R |  S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z 

We are now adding actual obituaries to our listings. 
You can see an example here.

If you have an obituary you would like to add, 
you may send it to Rhonda. 
Please include the date and name of 
the newspaper in which it was published.

Our cemetery pages include: 

• some with complete census listings.

• tombstone pictures on some.

• a few just have pictures of the cemetery.

We truly hope you find what you are looking for, but please keep in mind our offerings are only as good as our contributions! If you have pictures or listings, we would be more than happy to receive them. You can always email them to us!

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or By Township

External Resources
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List with prices and descriptions 
Printable Order Form

Most Not For Sale

Thanks to the untiring efforts of spammers, 
we have had to close our Query Forum. 
 

 To post future queries please go to:
MOPIKE RootsWeb Mailing List
or
Pike County, Missouri Ancestry Message Board
 

Archived Queries

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Includes:
Mystery Marriage License SOLVED!
Dickie, Who was this small, one-armed boy?
Felix Buchanan - Where did he go? SOLVED!
Cox / Kull - Who does this Bible belong to?

Sam Silvey at sgorty@qwest.net

Sam says: As I live in Utah now I would be willing from time to time be able to help researchers that have a need to access the Salt Lake City LDS Family History Library information. I commute to Salt Lake once or twice a week and if a need arises I can make time to visit and get information or copies.

Townships

The townships of this part of Missouri were once divided into four great divisions (when Pike County was still part of the Louisiana Purchase), known as Cape Girardeau, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Louis and Saint Charles. Once Pike County was established in 1818, it contained four of its own townships: Buffalo, Calumet, Mason and Peno. In 1981 there are 10 townships within Pike County, legally designated as Ashley, Buffalo, Calumet, Cuivre, Hartford, Indian, Peno, Prairieville, Salt River and Spencer.

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Family Pages
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Crow 
Hayden 
Jamison 
Kerley Family 
Lamberson 
LowAry Home Page 
Marilyn Hudson Moore Home Page 
Mulherin (Contact Patricia T. for access) 
Mulherin 
Whitledge, etc. 

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Except January and February ...
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Saturday - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

After hours by appointment ONLY

January and February by appointment ONLY, weather permitting

Staffed entirely by volunteers
For an appointment, call
Audrey - (573) 470-9880

For information about the Pike County Genealogical Society or to request research, please contact Audrey Jones.

To request information be added or removed from the website, or if you have questions about the website itself, please contact Rhonda Darnell.

Benefits to Members:
Free use of the Genealogy Library
4 issues of The Pike County Missouri Echo (or available for $4/issue)
One free query per year
You may submit your ancestor's biographical sketch for publication in the Echo
Have your "Brick Wall Mystery" listed on this website

Membership year: Jan. 1 to Dec. 31
Individual membership only $10.00
Household membership only $15.00

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Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month (except December) at 1:30 p.m. at the Genealogy Library at 205 West Main, Bowling Green, MO.  You can find a report of the most recent meeting by clicking here.

Current officers are: Floyd Colbert, President; Mae Dameron, Vice President; Valorie Kottwitz, Secretary; Audrey Jones, Treasurer; Judy Wells, Board Member.

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