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What's New

Past Updates!

  February 24, 2008

Added
Nov & Dec 2007 Meeting Reports
Siloam Cemetery pictures added
Surname Contacts added
New Research Resources available:
     Sternes funeral home records
     JO Mudd funeral home records 1963-1987
     Veach Mudd funeral home records 1988-1990
     And Coming Soon:
          Collier Funeral Home records 
          Kirks Funeral Home Records 2000-2007

Information about "Little Africa" added
New headstone pictures for Mt. Zion Cemetery
Winter 2008 Echo excerpts added
More RootsWeb Riches Mined
December 11, 2007

Fall 2007 Echo
excerpts added
Donated pictures shared 
More RootsWeb Riches Mined
How to Communicate Effectively in Genealogy
Photography - History and Preservation 
Siloam Cemetery - Burial Added
Another Mystery Solved!
Grimes Cemetery added
Bell Cemetery added
Prairieville Methodist Cemetery added
New Surname Researchers added
Pictures added 
Pictures of stones added for Bowling Green City Cemetery
Marriages Added:
     Sitton, John / Smith, Eleanor Sue
Obit Listings Corrected:
     NIFFEN, Maggie
     NIFFEN, Virgil
Index for Pike County Book of Marriages added
     Alphabetical by Groom
     Alphabetical by Bride
     By Date
October 9, 2007

Buffalo Presbyterian Church
history added 
PCGS officers updated
More Census images available
Siloam Primitive
Baptist Church and Cemetery
     History 
     Death Records (Partial) listed
     Alphabetical burial index 
     Location burial index
     Veterans burial index 
     Cemetery Transcriptions
     Map of Old Section 
     Map of New Section
Cemeteries Added:
     Unsell Cemetery 
     West Prairie Cemetery
New pictures
added of: 
     Smyrna Cemetery
     West Prairie Church
     New Hartford School students
     Ashley Fairview Cemetery
Updated the Echo page
Obit added for Dr. M. O. Biggs
New Riches Mined from RootsWeb Review
Added Research submitted by Bowen A. Roger
     Deedbook A, Page 201
     First Cemetery, Louisiana, MO
     Riverview Cemetery, Louisiana, MO
     Deedbook Vol. V, Page 299
     Excerpt from Betty Parry Will
Added a listing of Pike County Civil War Soldiers
Added church and cemetery information for Hartford Township
Churches added and reorganized
Cemeteries added and reorganized
Obituaries available from the library
Kilby Cemetery deeds added
Smyrna Church information added
Obit added for James L. Kilby
1890 Census Count added
October meeting minutes added
September 12, 2007

New researchers
added for these Surnames
Obituaries
added:
    Agnes Bolte 
    Anna Bolte 
    Fred Bolte 
    Henry Bolte 
    Mary Bolte 
    Albert C. Buchanan 
    Albert V.B. Buchanan 
    Julia Buchanan 
    Kate Buchanan 
    Lloyd B. Buchanan 
    Sarah J. Buchanan 
    Thomas Buchanan 
    William B. Buchanan 
    William J. Buchanan 
    George Gross 
    William G. Martin 
    Lucinda E. Scholl 
Cemeteries
added:
    Tombs Family 
    Concord 
    Corinth 
Bios
added:
    David Tombs 
    Curry Family 
Research Volunteer
listed
Tombstone Pictures
added:
    Curryville Cemetery 
New Resources
Added  
Corrections
made to Old Bethlehem Cemetery  
Picture
added of Old Rudd Cemetery
Meeting
minutes added: 
    June
    July
    August
    September
Tombstone
pictures added:
    Felix Buchanan, Greenwood Cemetery
    Betty Jane Van Arsdel, Kilby Cemetery
    James and Katie Woodson, Kilby Cemetery
    John Woodson, Kilby Cemetery
Added
an article about PCGS
Article Shorts
from Middletown Chips
    May 22, 1930 
    July 17, 1930 
Orphan Train
Information Added
More Riches
mined from RootsWeb Reviews
    Articles published Before June 2007
    Articles published After May 2007

 

April 18, 2007

Link added
for photos of McElwee cemetery
Link added
for photos of Buffalo-Jordan cemetery

 

Please note: We have many more updates to add, but wanted to rush the notice above onto the site. Please stay tuned for our next update.

 PLEASE NOTE: Rhonda's email address has changed. You may now reach her at:  
PCGenWeb (at) gmail (dot) com 

April 11, 2007

November
meeting notes added
Several new links added throughout the website.
More external resources added
Cemetery listings updated with new links added
More Rootsweb Riches mined:
     Making the Most of Queries 
     Working Around Spam Filters and Paranoia 
     Preventing Identity Theft 
     Throwing More Light on False Copyright Claims 
     Knowing What Enumerators Were Instructed 
     Locating Information About Your Veteran 
     More about Locating Veteran Information 
     Ten Tips for Taking a Cemetery Survey 
     More on Cemetery Photos 
     Indicating a Rufname 
Surnames Added:
     EDWARDS
     MILBURN
     MOSS
     SMITH
     STONER
     TROWER
     TUCKER
Waddill Family picture added
Dowell Cemetery tombstones added
Cemetery Law/Statute wording added

This is a partial update. If you have sent additional information which you do not see in this update, please stay tuned. It should show up next time.

Our most sincere thanks to those of you who have sent the results of your hard work. We do appreciate it and will make every effort to share it as quickly as possible.

October 1, 2006
New Feature: Riches Mined from RootsWeb Review Newsletter
Beginners Information enhanced

November 20, 2006
September and October meeting minutes added
New links added
Link to Marilyn Hudson Moore's Home Page added
Brick Wall Bible Mystery Update!
Family Group Sheet links added
Apple Butter Makin' Time, by Audrey Jones, added
My Hillbilly Jump, by Audrey Jones, added
More RootsWeb Riches Mined
Information regarding Missouri Cemetery Law added
Brief history of Marriage/Divorce in Missouri added
Pictures Added:
Amish
Pike County
Churches & Cemeteries
Contact added for Haden and Griffith Cemeteries
Surnames, Hendrix, Rosewinkle, slaves of Herrington/Harrington, added
Birth/Death dates added for surnames Humphrey, Humphreys, Page and Scott
Corrections Made:
DOD for Mary J. Patton
Our thanks to Neal Underwood
DOB for Emma May Shohoney
Our thanks to Daniel Rathbun
DOB for Erwin Vernon Hoisager
Our thanks to his grandson, Allen Patin
More information added regarding our Mystery Marriage License with our thanks to Bob Behnen -- It's not such a mystery any more!
Obituaries Added:
Benjamin Kelly
Sadie (White) Kelly
Charles F. Moore 
Herschel Moore
Sarah Wilhelm Moore
Laura (White) White
Cemeteries Updated:
Bethany
Dover
Greenwood (all pages) 
Cemeteries with a Pike County Connection 

September 6, 2006
Full obituary added for James K. Brown 
1937 Newspaper articles added: 
Real Estate Transfers
City Brings Suit to Enforce Gas Tax
Marriage Records added: 
Robert Hayes and Edna Harrelson 
Thomas Hayes and Allie Weatherford 
William Hays and Elizabeth Hawkins 
Obituaries added: 
Donna J. Darnell
Elizabeth Criswell 
Etta Hudson Davenport 
Della M. Hays 
William Hays 
Benjamin Clay Hudson 
Everett Moore 
Grover Moore 
John Moore 
Nellie Hays Moore 
Mollie Price
Henry Reid 
Archie Ross
Mike Weaver
Pictures donated: 
Everett Wells, Sr. and Nellie Chloe Hays 

Frances Elizabeth Hawkins Hays 
1911 Letter from E.C. Long Mfg. Co. to Dr. M.O. Biggs 
1910 Letter from the Chicaskia Stock Farm to Mr. M.O. Biggs
A new Brick Wall has been added: Who are these people? 
Tombstone pictures added for 
Bethany Cemetery 
Curryville Cemetery 
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Frankford
New Surnames added:
Baumgardner
Jones
Miller
Mulherrin (2 new researchers)
Orf
Rowley
Shaner
Stambaugh 
Vannoy
ONE MYSTERY SOLVED! But we'd love to know more about it, if you have any additional information! 
Picture of 1910 Clarksville Public Library added
May 31, 2006
Corrections made:
Our thanks to Tom Smith for the following:
"My father Richard Goodman Smith died
  on February 3, 1980
"My mother Genevieve E. Smith died on 
  June 12, 2003"
NEW FEATURE - Marriage Licenses: We are 
starting a brand new feature with this update. 
We hope you will contribute! (Thanks, Marilyn!)
John George Boehm and Mary Agnes Headrick 
Francis M. Headrick and Martha Craft 
Samuel M. Snead and Margaret T. Headrick 
John P. Todd and Nancy Penelope Henry 
George Benn and Rebecca J. Lambertson 
John Headrick and Elizabeth Robarts 
Jacob Work Headrick and Elizabeth R. Henry 
Peter L. Headrick and Martha I. Henry 
Levi F Benning and Louisa M Headrick 
Tillman T. Headrick and Tillitha A. Todd 
James B Blair Headrick and Melvina Martin 
Obituaries added for:
Cortez Merit Headrick 
Mary Bryant 
Margaret Lemon 
Fannie Higginbotham 
James K. Brown 
Jarvis T. Douglass 
James R. Douglass 
Susan Katherine Douglass Holman 
Biography added for Hughy A. Henry, M.D. 
Newspaper Articles added
POW Camp information added
Directions added to many of the cemeteries 
in our cemetery lists
Map of possible cemetery locations added 
(our thanks to Barry Zbornik)
Information on Cemetery Restoration added 
Stark Brothers information added 
NEW FEATURE - Brick Wall Mysteries:  
We have added a section in which our 
members are welcome to list their personal
"Brick Walls". If someone receives a tip which
helps break their brick wall, we would love to hear
about it and will post it with the original mystery! 
Excerpts from the Spring 2006 issue of The Echo added
April 16, 2006
February meeting information added
New Links added to Information Page 
Surnames added
Correction made to Martin-Sterne Cem 
Old Bethlehem Cemetery Listing added
Bond for the Building of the Bethlehem 
Meeting House & Commissioners Order
Missing names added to Mastin Moore 
Obituaries added for:
Jeanette Gibson Benning 
Lena W. Benning 
Olaus Davis Benning 
Olaus P. Benning 
Olaus Patri Benning II 
Thomas Hardin Benning 
Julia Frances Cornish
John B. Headrick 
James Moore 
Mastin Moore 
George W. Stevens 
Kathryn Benning Thompson 
New Pictures provided by a visitor
Riverview Tombstone added for:
Dorcas Beisbarth
John/Caroline Benning 
Charles Buffum 
Charles Buffum Jr.
Gertrude Buffum 
Sally Buffum 
Sara Buffum 
Claude Gorton 
Mary/Gilson Gray 
Ben/Belle Hudson 
Henry Kinet 
Clarence Stark 
Katherine Stark 
Lilly Stark 
Lloyd Crow Stark 
Lloyd Stickney Stark 
Margaret Stark 
Susan Stark 
Joseph Unsell 
Willella Unsell
Pictures of Louisiana Murals added 
Article added:
Pike's Past Lost in the Woods 
Probate Information added.
Tombstone Photos added for:
Jackson Family Cemetery 
St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery 
More Pictures Shared by Friends
Fairview (Frankford) tombstones 
added for:
Ida/Jesse Beavers
Mary/Thomas Beavers
Martha/Walter Beavers
Candi Benn
Emarilla/Mason Benn
Myrtie/Clarence Bradley
Mary/Joel Bramblet
Eunice/Benton Brown
Cora Brown
Henry Brown
Nora Brown
Infant Son Fisher
Armilda/James Fisher
Margaret/James Fisher
Mary/B.E. Ford
Jane Ford
Josephine Ford
Mary Ford
Murvin Ford
Roscoe Ford
Robert Haden
Arbelle Hostetter
Ferdinand Hostetter
Leta Hostetter
Louisa Hostetter
Lola/Lyle Hostetter
Mary/William Hostetter
Permelia Hostetter
Golden/Earl Hulse
Alberta Keithley
Fannie Keithley
John Keithley
Emily Keithly
Cora Lewellen
Dennie Lewellen
Jennie Lewellen
Lou Annie Lewellen
Nettie Lewellen
Ollie/Alex Magness
Vertena Magness
Emma Shohoney
Hayes Smith
Mary/John Smith
Sarah/William Waddell
February 23, 2006
Perpetual Calendar added.
1860 Census (Calumet, Ashley & Indian Townships)
now available.
Obituaries added for:
Francis Columbus Barnett  
John Franklin Barnett 
Mary "Polly" Fry Barnett 
Robert F. Barnett 
Robert F. Barnett, Jr
Edith (Price) Baxter 
Ellen (Boyd) Baxter 
Henry Martin Baxter 
J.W. Boyd 
Rosalie (Baxter) Boyd 
Matilda (Baxter) Chamberlain 
Isaac Clithero 
Lena Clithero 
John Daniel 
Cerena (Miller) Harelson 
William T. Harelson 
Charles Henry Harris 
John B. Headrick 
Mary E. Headrick 
Peter L. Headrick 
John C. Headricks 
Elizabeth Johnson 
Jacintha (Baxter) Johnson 
Saumel Henry Johnson 
Lu Ella (Price) McCune 
Levi S. Moore 
Amanda (Baxter Brandon) Nalley 
Fannie (Johnson) Noel 
Samuel Noel 
Bertha (Harelson) Price 
Earl R. Price 
Edwin Harvey Price 
Joe Cameron Price 
John Nicholas Price 
Julia (Barnett) Price 
Lela I. Price 
Luannah (Baxter) Price 
Miles S. Price 
Phoebe (Grimmett) Price 
Robert Barber Price 
Thomas James Price 
William Henry Price 
William M. Price 
Mehaly Ruby 
Amelia (Baxter) Sallee 
W.T. Sallee 
Ethel May Smith 
Ann Waters 
Cemetery information added for 
Hostetter Cemetery  
Coffman Cemetery 
Mastin-Moore Cemetery 
Moore Cemetery 
Old Rudd Cemetery
Tombstone Pictures added for 
Fairview (Grassy Creek) Cemetery 
Headrick Cemetery 
Ramsey Creek Church Cemetery 
Surnames added
The ECHO: Winter 2006 added
Articles added
The Price Family in Pike County 
Sketch of Miles S. Price 
History of Old Buffalo Fort 
Sketch of William Patterson 
More Pictures from Around the County added
Books of Interest 
Clarification added to O'Brien page

 

 

 

 

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