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Please address all correspondence to
Ray County Genealogical Assn.
901 W. Royle St.
Richmond, MO 64085
If you feel that you have not received a timely response from us please e-mail: morcga@yahoo.com
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GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY HOURS
Normal hours for the Genealogical Library are Wednesday through Saturday 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Ray County Museum is open the same days and hours.
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TWO NEW BOOK FOR SALE
Ray County, Missouri Marriage Records 1850 - 1858 $10.00
Ray County, Misosuri Marriage Records 1858 - 1868 $ 7.00
-Both books provide date of marriage, groom, bride, page number the record is found in the original book and who
married them.
If any extra information was provided in the marrige book it is listed also.
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February
Genealogical Monthly Program
February 11, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Share An Ancestors Love Story
Weather permitting.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Held at the Ray County Museum.
901 W Royle
Richmond, MO
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- It is that time again, time to renew your membership to Ray County Genealogical Association.
We voted to NOT raise our membership dues for the year 2012. The benefits of becoming a member are still the same
for the same price !!! Click
here for information.
- We are happy to announce that we have two new books for sale. See above for more information.
- Our January meeting and program has inspired some of us to get busy and write our own personal history. Jenne
Layman gave us an outline to help us begin this project.
- If you plan on making a trip to our Genealogical Library we are always pleased when we are handed family group
sheets, copies of wills, probate, land records, etc to add to our family files.
- We are heading into February and we are happy to report that many people have stopped in to do research and tour
the museum. Winter is usually slow, but it appears the nice weather we have been having here in Ray County has
people enjoying an outing.
- The WINTER issue of The Ray County Reflections has been mailed. Don't forget to send in your membership before the
Spring issue is due.
- Monthly Genealogy Meetings are held, with the exception of May, on
the second Saturday. Each meeting begins with a short business meeting to inform our members and guests what the
Association has accomplished or what is in the works. This is followed by a program. We have speakers educating
us in the field of genealogy or a topic that the members and guests may enjoy pertaining to Ray County history
or American history. Some meetings we have a show and tell. After the program refreshments are provided. Everyone
is welcome to attend. You do not need to be a member to attend our general meetings.
- The Ray County Genealogical Association met January 8, 2011 and discussed the issue of the removal of Judge George
Washington Dunn's tombstone from its spot, marking the Judge, his wife and five children graves.
We were not contacted by anyone that the homeowner was going
to court to try to get a judgment for the stone to be moved, which the homeowner was allowed by the court to do.
Along with others, we are researching what can be done to
have Judge Dunn's tombstone replaced in its original location, marking the graves where the Judge, his wife Susan,
and their five children are buried.
Click here for more information
- You will not be disappointed with our extensive genealogical library and a tour of the museum. We are very proud
of the many items, both informational concerning Ray County people, and the artifacts in the museum.
We strongly recommend a visit to this historic building, which was opened as the
County Poor Farm in 1910. Later it became the Elm Park Nursing Home and in the early 1970's, the county allowed
the Ray County Historical Society to display donated items. The Ray County Museum is owned by Ray County, which
funds several of the expenses for the building. The Ray County Historica l Society displays of each "theme"
room, with artifacts pertaining to the history of Ray County, the United States, and ancestral artifacts of those
who came before us to this county are worth the time to view. If you do not have a connection to Ray County, and
you enjoy antiques a tour is worthwhile !!!
-The Genealogical Library is staffed by Board Members of the Ray County Genealogical Assn. Some who have been involved
for over 15 years.
- Do you have a family web site with connections to Ray County? If you would like for us to put a link on our web
site to yours please email us.
- Please help support your Genealogical or Historical society and or both in the locations that your ancestors
settled. If not for them it would be hard to tell where information about your ancestors would be stored.
Note: The Ray County Genealogical Assn. does not have Internet access at the Ray County
Museum where the Genealogical Library is housed. Our e-mail is monitored by me and any questions of information
that needs to be researched at the Genealogical Library may take a while to be completed. If extended research
is required a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope is appreciated when writing to us with a research request. Cost of
copies and postage is required if information is mailed.
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