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Please address all correspondence to
Ray County Genealogical Assn.
Carol Proffitt, Lisa Smalley, or Jenne Layman
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
- If you plan on visiting the Ray County Museum or the Genealogical Library
located in the museum, PLEASE call, 816-776-2305 to make sure the museum and or the library will be open.
Normal hours are Wednesday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. SATURDAY: Second Saturday of the month.
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to lack of volunteers the Genealogical Library will only be
open one Saturday per month, which will be the SECOND Saturday of each month.
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DECEMBER MEETING
December 12, Saturday, 1:00 PM
We will share our memories of Christmas past. If you are able, bring a snack
and take a tour of the museum. It has been decorated for Christmas and looks wonderful.
- The Fall issue of the Ray County Reflections has been
mailed.
- November we held our 21st Annual Meeting. The election of
two officers was held. Carol Proffitt was re-elected as President and Karen Joiner was elected as Secretary. Mary
Lou Atkins has served faithfully for many years and we appreciate her devotion, but she is unable to continue.
- Monthly Genealogy Meetings are held each month, 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 be involved in. 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.
- A project being conducted is updating Ray County cemeteries. It has been a long
slow project, but it has been almost 20 years since several cemeteries have been updated. In July we found out
that the Sunshine Cemetery is planned to be restored by an individual.
Riffe Cemetery listing is complete. This cemetery was restored and we have added
several names of those buried in the Riffe Cemetery. The listing is of all known burials of the cemetery, though
we are sure that there are several unknown burials as the graves were not marked.
- We have several photographs that are being scanned and placed online. It is a slow process, but keep checking
back for updates. Photograph's
- You will not be disappointed with our extensive genealogical library and a tour of the museum. We are very proud
of the many treasures, 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 House 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 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.
- Do you have a family web site with connections to Ray County? If you would like for me to put a link on our web
site to yours please email me.
- Please help support your Genealogical or Historical society 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.
If you are thinking about volunteering please contact
us for more information.
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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