DeKalb County Wills from Book 1

It’s taken weeks to clean up, but I think I caught most of the missing files and images. Please, if you find missing things, let me know. A lot of pages and files were removed from the server because they were compromised. But I still have “good ones” — it’s just a matter of figuring out what needs to be replaced. So please, if you find a problem, let me know about it!

If you’re a DeKalb County researcher, there is good news for you. The wills from the DeKalb County Will Book 1 have been uploaded and some of them are real goldmines. As always, some of them are no help at all — the guy who leaves his entire estate to his surviving children, but doesn’t name them? Or his wife? In contrast, and for a giggle or two, check out the will of John . . . [Yes! There’s more!]

1905 Deaths from the St. Joseph Gazette and News-Press Newspapers

Monica Schirmer Eshelman has sent in her abstract of the 1905 deaths mentioned in the St. Joseph Gazette and the St. Joseph News-Press. She has since commenced working on 1904 which should arrive soon, considering her dedication!

1907 Deaths from the St. Joseph Gazette and News-Press Newspapers

Monica Schirmer Eshelman has sent in her abstract of the 1907 deaths mentioned in the St. Joseph Gazette and the St. Joseph News-Press. She has since commenced working on 1906 which should arrive soon, considering her dedication!

1907 Death Notices in the Gazette and News-Press

1908 Deaths from the St. Joseph Gazette and News-Press Newspapers

Monica Schirmer Eshelman has sent in her abstract of the 1908 deaths mentioned in the St. Joseph Missouri Gazette and the St. Joseph News-Press. She has since commenced working on 1907 which should arrive soon, considering her dedication!

1908 Death Notices in the Gazette and News-Press

Missouri State Penitentiary: 1836 – 1931

Missouri Digital Heritage has launched the Missouri State Penitentiary database! This database is an index of the penitentiary records, and includes mug shots when available, but they weren’t taken as a matter of course until 1928. Unlike the death certificates project, PDFs of the records aren’t available online, but obtaining the records is easy and cheap: a buck and an envelope.

I love the Missouri State Archives!