Cape Girardeau County
Genealogical Society

FIRST FAMILIES PROJECT

* Each generation has lived in Cape Girardeau Co. at some point in time during the last 100 years. Example of sources: 1900, 1910, 1920 Cape Girardeau Co. Federal Census, birth and death certificates.

For Certificates 1-3, your ancestor did not have to stay in Cape Girardeau Co. You just have to prove that your ancestor lived here during the qualifying dates.

Rules:

• You must prove that one of your ancestors lived in the boundary of Cape Girardeau Co. during the time period of the certificate for which you are applying.
• You must prove that you are a direct lineal descendant of that ancestor--proving each generation.
• Dates are to be written as dd mmm yyyy (e. g., 14 Dec 1819)
• Locations are to be shown as City/County/State (e. g., Jackson/Cape Gir. Co./MO
• Mark estimated dates with a "ca." (e. g., ca. 1783)
• All claims have to be substantiated by documentation (no verbal or hearsay evidence, or family legends)
• Do not send any original documents. Send photocopies
• Do not send any copywrited material without identifying the author and source.
• No accepted information will be returned. All accepted information will become the property of the Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society and will be stored, eventually, in publicly accessible files or notebooks. These files will be open to researchers.
• Any and all retained material will be considered public information and may be used in various articles and publications, on a variety of subjects, and written by any number of authors without further notification.

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