Request Lookups
and
General Research
by Genealogy
Society Members in Vernon County |
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Tri-County volunteers
conduct limited research on behalf of the Society at the following rates,
paid in advance. Research fees are used to procure additional genealogical
resources for our local public libraries. Please note that we do not accept research requests
via email.
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE LOOKUPS - $5
when event date is known (month, day, and year); i.e., obituary, marriage
announcement, birth announcement, etc. The fee covers searching; if an
article
is located, it will be copied and mailed at no additional charge.
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MARRIAGE RECORD LOOKUPS
- $1 each; include a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
Send marriage record lookups to Recorder's Office, 100
West Cherry Street, Nevada, MO 64772. Give the names and
date or approximate date of the marriage. Be sure to include
$1 for each requested record and a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
If sending a personal check for marriage records, make it payable to Vernon
Co. Recorder's Office.
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COPY OF ARTICLE FROM MICROFILMED
NEWSPAPER - $5 each. Provide the 1) year and name of the newspaper as
listed in the newspaper book index, 2) the name of the individual, and 3)
the page
number. See the online indexes at the Genealogy Department link
below. (This does not include the "Birth & Death Notices from Nevada
Newspapers 1883-1893 Index.")
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PAGE FROM "Birth & Death Notices from
Nevada Newspapers 1883-1893 Index" - $5 for the first and $3 for each
additional page ordered at the same time. This is a copy of the
abstracted information in the book and is not a copy of the original
newspaper article; we do not lookup original articles from this abstracted
book because the specific newspaper is not indicated. See the index at the Genealogy Department link
below.
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LOOKUP IN NEW CEMETERY DIRECTORY /
DATABASE - $5
for the first and $3 for each additional name ordered at the same time.
(Member benefit: free to Tri-County Genealogical
Society members. Members can email their requests or mail them to the
address above.)
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PAGE FROM FUNERAL HOME RECORDS - $5
for the first and $3 for each additional funeral home record page ordered at the same time.
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1887 HISTORY OF VERNON COUNTY, MISSOURI
- $5 for the first article and $3 for each additional article.
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GENERAL RESEARCH -
$10 an hour with a minimum of 2 hours, paid in advance. Copies are 25¢ per
page except as noted. See the
list of area resources that can be searched at
Summary of Resources in the Nevada
Library Genealogy Department and note that only resources that are
indexed will be searched, such as:
--All Vernon County, MO
history books, indexed (1887, 1911, 2005).
--Various community
history books, indexed.
--Historical Highlights
of Nevada & the area.
--All extant 1830-1930
U.S. Federal Population Census for area that is now Vernon Co.
--Vernon County Probate
Files, 1855-present.
--1866 Vernon County,
MO, Qualified Voter List.
--Pre-1909 Birth & Death
Records of Vernon Co, MO.
--Cemetery Directory of
Vernon County.
--Newspaper Index Books.
--World War I Missouri
Draft Records.
--World War II Men & Women from Vernon
County, MO.
--Nevada City
and Vernon County Directories 1890-present, various years.
--Plat Maps, various
years from 1876 to present (if township is known or there is an index).
--County schools book.
--Circuit Court records. (1855-1900
records are temporarily unavailable because they are being processed to be
microfilmed)
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If you can place your
family in Vernon County and would like to have research conducted for you,
please send specific detailed information on the family, the extent of
research you would like to have done, and the fee. A minimum 2-hour fee
($16) is required to begin general research. If the desired information is
found in less than one hour, the second hour’s fee will be refunded to you.
If additional research time is necessary, you will be advised and your
approval obtained before the additional research is conducted.
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When
requesting general research, please provide us with a list of what
information you already have on the individual(s) so we will not duplicate
that and we can "see" what this family looks like and know where to look and
what records or additional information might be found here. It will
help our researchers if you will also list where you have found them in the
U.S. Federal census by including census year(s), location(s), and how the
name was spelled.
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Society members who conduct research on behalf of the Society are usually at
the Library one day a week. Research requests are handled in the order
in which they are received. Please allow up to 4-6 weeks for the research to
be conducted although it usually does not take that long.
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Mail requests for
research along with appropriate fee to:
Tri-County
Genealogical Society
Attn: Research
218 West Walnut Street
Nevada, MO
64772
Mail requests for
marriage record research along with appropriate fee and SASE to:
Recorder's Office
100 W. Cherry St.
Nevada, MO
64772
If you have general questions about requesting research,
please contact us via email.
(FreeFind search field is at
bottom of Home page)
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We look forward to assisting
with your research! |
