DeKalb County Missouri

Category Archives: Announcements

Richard Thornton

Richard Thornton has come through in a big way, helping with missing dates for the Thornton Cemetery transcription and providing updated information on his Thornton family. He also sent in photos! Thanks, Richard!

¤ Posted 26 August 2009 by Kris ¤ Comments (0) ¤

Missing Death Certificates

We try, as much as possible, to link cemetery listings to their death certificates at the Missouri State Archives database, but some of them are hard to find. If you have a few minutes on a rainy day, we could sure use the help. We have a list of burials that we should have death certificates for, but don’t. It could be an out-of-state death, an indexing error or a typo — or just a need for fresh eyes. If you’ve found any of these, please email Kris.

¤ Posted 24 August 2009 by Kris ¤ Comments (2) ¤

New Cemetery Indexes

We’ve added some new features. We have a new cemetery page that lists all of the cemeteries that we have information for.

We’ve also added a cemetery surname index and a cemetery maiden name index. Hopefully these will help you find the people you are looking for.

As always, if you have obituaries, photos or newspaper articles that relate to any of the cemetery entries, please send them to Kris.

¤ Posted 24 August 2009 by Kris ¤ Comments (0) ¤

What Happened to the PDF Files?

Sorry — they’re gone. I just could not keep them updated. Each cemetery, however, has a link to the text file, which is always current.

It will take awhile for the search engine to figure out those files no longer exist. I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but it shouldn’t be too long.

¤ Posted 23 August 2009 by Kris ¤ Comments (0) ¤

How to Use the New Google Site Search

The site search is now powered by Google. The search results are less cumbersome and it’s much easier to find what you’re looking for. As always, there’s a catch.

If you search for “Larry Carter,” who is buried in Oak Cemetery, the name won’t come up in the search results because he is listed as “Carter, Larry.” The search is done on the phrase you enter, not each individual key word. So if you aren’t finding what you are looking for, try experimenting with just the surname or one word alone and then modify your terms from there.

¤ Posted 23 August 2009 by Kris ¤ Comments (0) ¤

Check the Photo Directories

Because of configuration issues, the updated cemetery listings will only have one grave marker link. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t additional views of the stone. This is especially true of the very old tombstones. Kelly takes pictures from several different angles on these.

Every cemetery with photographs has a “Photos” link. Check there for additional images.

¤ Posted 20 August 2009 by Kris ¤ Comments (0) ¤

What Happened to the Other DeKalb County Site?

The DeKalb County MOGenWeb site that was maintained at Rootsweb is still archived there. This legacy site is being retained not only in recognition of all the work that was done by the previous county coordinators, but also as a useful tool to help you find old files. If you know where something was located on the old site, you can pull it up to harvest key search terms that you can use to find those files here on the new site. All of the information from the old site is also available here.

It’s easy to tell where you are. If there is a “Hosted by Rootsweb” banner at the top of the page you are viewing, you are at the old, archived site. There are no banners or advertisements on the current DeKalb County MOGenWeb site.

Please remember, however, that the legacy site is not being updated or revised. Current files and information are only being added and maintained here, at http://dekalb.mogenweb.org.

¤ Posted 09 August 2009 by Kris ¤ Comments (0) ¤

How Do I Obtain A Copy of a Death Certificate?

The Missouri State Archives has death certificates over 50 years old (currently 1910-1958) scanned and available online.

There are a few records available pre-1910 and that database is online as well.

Continued »

¤ Posted 19 July 2009 by Kris ¤ Comments (0) ¤

Can You Do Research For Me?

I manage and maintain the website. I don’t live in DeKalb County, so I can’t help you with your research. Any information that I have available is already on the site, and has been submitted by other researchers. You can use the search box to find what’s here.

Continued »