We meet at 2:00 on the 3rd Sunday of each month at the DeSoto Library. We do
not charge for membership, and everyone is welcome to attend!
January 2015
Caveland Skating Rink
history article added & State Hospital (Fulton)
1850-1910 added to Court Records
February 2014
Jefferson County Missouri Marriages from 1839-1850 have been added to the site.
August 2013
Added Presbyterian Cemetery at Gamel and the 1900
County Ward Book was added to History Articles.
February 2013
Baker (aka Hillcrest) School article and photos have
been added to the "Schools" page.
November 2012
Jefferson Co. Marriages through 1838 have been
added to the site.
June 2011
The Heritage News
Our society newsletters, containing interesting
articles about Jefferson County, MO have been added to the site. Find the index
in the menu on the left under "History Articles."
March 2011
Passports
have been added to the site! These records are from the early 1900's and include
photographs of the applicants! Kay Clerc Fakhar has transcribed an index for
this outstanding collection. Find them in the menu on the left under
"Passports."
March 2011
1826 Petition to move the county seat from Herculaneum to Hillsboro,
complete with signatures! Find it under the "Courts" section.
Sept 2010
John Linhorst has created a wonderful tool by taking the 1876 & 1898
historical atlases of Jefferson County and creating a series of overlays for
use within the Google Earth software. It gives the user a good look at how
things have changed (and how some things have not changed!) in Jefferson County.
Check them out under "Land Records, Maps
& Place Names" on the menu at
left.
July 2010
The Old Settlers List
1864
- 1950 has been added to the site. Transcribed
by Betty Olson, find it under "History Articles." Also Carole Goggin has
supplied us with a Jefferson County MO Place Names list. Find it under
"Land Records."
Feb 2010
More cities have been added to the
Historical Postcards and photographs on our site. More towns will be
added soon!
Dec 2009 Funeral Home Records have now been added to our site!
These records are from the Mahn, Mothershead, Fink, and Dietrich Funeral Homes, and now include the older Coxwell and Stovesand records!
See the
Jefferson County Leader newspaper article featuring several of
our members in their quest to find and replace the gravestone for former county
collector John Williams!
Contact Information for Members
The following members can be contacted for information concerning
Jefferson Co. Missouri history. I've included their areas of expertise, although
there are many crossover areas. If your original contact person feels someone
else can better answer your question, your email will be forwarded.
Lisa K. Gendron lgendron@swbell.net
(Website, Genealogy & General)
Betty Olson BettyOlson27@gmail.com (DeSoto
history)
Dave Hallemann Sleuth.em@gmail.com
(Cemeteries & General)
Carole Goggin historytalks@sbcglobal.net
(Court and Land Records & Cemeteries; Also may be contacted for professional genealogy
services)
Kay Clerc Fakhar
KayClerc@yahoo.com (Newspapers)
Kay, Carole, Dave, Lisa (left to right)
