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| My name is Sherryl Barger and I am the Howard
County coordinator. My
husband, teenage son, and I live in Northwest Arkansas and have never lived in Missouri. In addition to my love of genealogy of 17 years, I'm an avid collegiate sports fan. I volunteered for Howard County back in October
1996. I told Megan at the
I have much less time to do research now that
I did before the project.
I've recently redesigned the index page and like
it very much except it is
I'm currently extracting items from 1877 issues
of a Howard County
One thing I have been thinking alot about lately
is setting up some special
Well, that's way more than any of you wanted to
know about me. I've enjoyed
Sherryl
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| I'm Lisa Buese, the host for Ste. Genevieve
County for about the last year.
I do daycare for 8 children 10 hours a day, so getting to "talk" to adults and learn new things like HTML is really fun! I started this with no knowledge at all of how webpages work, and after being tutored via email by a couple other cc's, I just love it. My relatives think I'm a genius because I know how to upload a photo onto a webpage! (see www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4882/gerber.html) When I started genealogy two years ago I had no
idea I had Ste. Genevieve
Ste. Gen Surnames: Basler, Weiler, Rehm, Bieser,
Sewald, Poggemoeller, Long,
Jefferson County Surnames: Gerber, Grossman,
Lilly, Miller, Stoll, Ries,
St. Louis Surnames: Schlichtig, Buese, Erkmann,
Haar, Fischer, Schweitzer,
Lisa Buese
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| An honest-ta-goodness, Ozark Mountain William....thats
the scienteeefic name
fer a native hill-billy! My name is Jim
Cochran, and I'm the host of Camden. No ties. No family
I have worked for Bass Pro Shops since 1987, and
that is where I met my wife,
My pa-inlaw got me hooked on genealogy, though
I have always been an American
My other hobbies include coaching my sons' Little
League Baseball teams,
Surnames in MO include:
Other Surnames everywhere:
As for personal stats, I was born 11 Oct 1966
in Greene Co MO.
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| Sue Hopkins Cooley - Franklin County Coordinator I began as county coordinator around January 1998. Larry Flesher had maintained the site prior to that and needed some relief because he was handling a LOT of counties and all of the postings were entered manually by the cc at that time. I have had a long-term interest in Franklin County history although I am a native of Wright County. In addition to serving as county coordinator, I also manage the county list and board and am presently (2001-2002) serving as president of the county historical society. My children are grown but my husband and I are raising a granddaughter who is in college. We again live in rural Franklin County, but did a stint on the East Coast from 1998-2001. We first moved to Morris County, NJ and, before moving there, I contacted the Morris County Coordinator, hoping to learn a little about the area. It seemed like a good place to start since we were both county coordinators! To my utter astonishment, he lived in Missouri and was also serving as Jefferson County coordinator at the time! He had never lived in Morris County and couldn't tell me much about it except that his great-great grandfather was from there! That's about it. Come visit Franklin County! Sue Cooley |
| I am Linda Crawford the county coordinator for Hickory County beginning in March 2000. Hosting a webpage is totally new to me and thanks go to Mary Hudson for all the wonderful help she gave. I have been doing lookups for Hickory, Polk, Camden and Dallas Counties in MO and some KY sites for sometime. I was born and raised in Dallas County at Tunas then Urbana. My husband was born and raised in nearby Hickory County near Nemo. We both graduated from Skyline High School of the Hickory County R-1 School District. Both of us have our roots in the area of the counties mentioned above. We have lived in Polk County for 39 years and are active in the history of Hickory, Polk and Dallas Counties. I have had one family history published and written and published several small local histories and working on more. I teach piano at home and do custom sewing. Every spare minute is put toward working on genealogy and history. I see so much that needs doing and this is a wonderful way to help. I see so many really good sites so know I must work hard to keep up with those. |
| My name is Lynn
Cupp and I am the CC for Holt County, MO. I've been
involved with genealogy for some 17 years and discovered the USGenWeb when I finally purchased a modem for my computer a couple of years ago. I knew absolutely nothing about HTML or web pages when I took Holt County in December 1996. Megan assured me that it would be no big deal to get a web page up and that there was plenty of help available. She was right...some trial and error, some time, and a lot of help and I got the Holt County page up. Holt County interested me because my GGGF, GGF
and GF all lived there
I am ex-Navy enlisted and officer and met my wife,
Debbie, who is
Debbie and I were married 9 May 1982 and have
2 children; Karlene who is
I was born in 1949 in Los Angeles and have lived
in Hawthorne, CA;
Holt County page:
Cupp Web Page:
Regards, Lynn |
| Lawrence Dunbar - Laclede
County checking in.
Larry Dunbar here. Retired IBM er. Ex jarhead. I have been the CC for this county for only a couple of months. I am still trying to get the auto loads to the queries and surname lists working the way I like. I have made some changes to the page and I will make more. I am with the Laclede Co genealogical society and have put a link to that home page and back. Birth day A long time ago. Dec 31 1933 Anniversary June 13 1954 also a long time ago. |
| My name is Linda M. Everhart. My husband Johnny and I live in beautiful
rural Henry County near Blairstown. I was born in Springfield and my
husband is a native of Clinton. My grandmother, Della Hickman Frieze, was
responsible for getting me interested in family history research back in
1976. Since then I have researched my family and helped others find
information on theirs. When I came to Henry County in the early 1980s, I visited the Genealogy Library at the Henry County Museum and was so impressed by the amount of available information, I volunteered to help with any transcription of records in my spare time. I had been using a home computer for business purposes, since the first Apple IIe hit the market, and it certainly came in handy for this type of work. Through the years I have upgraded my equipment many times and I am presently running a PowerMacG3, which is an excellent machine. I have watched with amazement, as the worldwide web changed the concept of genealogy research from long hours of mailing in request forms to libraries, government offices and relatives, and waiting, and waiting ... to now simply signing on or slipping in a CD and getting the information you need within seconds. It's a genealogist dream come true. My main goal at the Henry County MOGenWeb site is to post as much solid information as possible, and continue to update and add to it on a daily basis. I_ve worked with local records for so many years that I feel a real kinship with the people of this county, although I am not closely related to any. My interest is in ALL those who lived in this area of Missouri. I welcome and encourage those who have kinship here to get involved with the site by submitting what they have discovered about their families.
Good Luck and Good Research! |
| Donna
Falloon -I've been hosting Scott County since March of 1997,
didn't know much at
all about creating web pages until I started. But Megan was very patient and helpful. If it hadn't been for her encouragement, I probably would have given up. I was born in Scott County but lived there only a couple years, and grew up in Gordonville (population at the time was 92), near Jackson. My mother was also born in Scott County, and after taking on Scott County, I learned that Mom's grandparents met there, and many of my ancestors lived and are buried in Scott County. I also have strong ties to Perry County, especially the Tucker family that moved on to Texas - very much a coincidence because that's where I am now. I always felt drawn to Texas, it must have been the same sense of adventure my gggg-grandparents felt in the 1830's. As to my personal life, I have two grown daughters, and now help them with my 3 grandchildren. I work in a large hospital in Houston, Texas, in the computer area, where I wear a lot of hats, including webmistress for our intranet. I started genealogy research only to help my mother, as finding her family roots has became very important to her, but it didn't take long for me to get hooked myself. I've truly enjoyed doing the research, taking care of the Scott County page, and talking to other researchers I've met through the Scott County page, and all the other Missouri and web pages. It really is rewarding, especially when someone writes me that they met a relative through the Scott County page. Missouri names I am researching include Davis, Grantham, Whistler, Leger (English translation Light), Tucker, McGinnis, Hayden, Haman, Morris (or Morse). I don't have my own web page - don't have time! Maybe someday. My name, address, etc. are below. I don't care who has it. If anyone lives in this area, I would love to hear from you. Actually, I did learn through e-mail that one of the county coordinators (I think it was Perry County) did live not very far from me and we figured we had probably passed each other on the Houston freeways at some time! As to suggestions, I think you all are doing a
wonderful job. I know
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Homer Ficken, Benton County coordinator since November 1998. 24 years Air
Force (E-9), 20 years Postal Service (Data Site Tech), now retired in Fort
Worth, Texas. Born 1929 Macon County, but my prior three generations were born in Cole Camp area of Benton County, where immigrant ancestor Pete Ficken established his first homestead in spring of 1839. Married 48 years to Shirley DeSpain of Macon County; sons born (1) Colorado, (2) Texas, and (3) Colorado. Have found helping others find their roots to be as satisfying as digging my own, and am kept busy with lookups. |
| I'm Larry Flesher - MOGenWeb Coordinator
for five Missouri counties (all on
Rootsweb). I started out with Grundy County, because both my parents were born there (even though I have never lived there). Because I am researching all individuals of the FLESHER surname, I "accumulated" several more counties where FLESHERs were found in the 1800s, also took on Washington County because that's where I live. Now all counties except Grundy and Washington are in the care of other coordinators. I was born in Eldon, Iowa 09 Jan 1941. My father
worked for the Rock Island
My interest in genealogy was sparked by helping
our youngest daughter work
Now, for those who believe the oldest established
settlement west of the
MOGenWeb Coordinator, Missouri counties of:
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| I'm Kathy Gaines, host for Buchanan County,
as of about 2 days ago.
This is my first try at being a host, so I am excited and looking very forward to the goings on in the MOGenWeb. Most of my family research is in northwest MO
for my family, my hubby's
I live in Lafayette County, MO an do look-ups
here. I have put together
I have a copy and do look-ups from a Gentry County
centenial publication
I also have volunteered for the USGenWeb Census
Project and am
If you have any material that you would like to
have included on the
Other statistics:
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| Beverly Williams Gardner - Nodaway, Atchison,
Worth Co's, MO
I took over Nodaway, Atchison and Worth counties in late May. I had already started experimenting with a web page on Geocities and decided I'd 'dive in with both feet' and do these counties since Nodaway county is my home. Now, I've got seven web sites. My Heartland/Bluffs page also has a special section that documents our tour of the USS Missouri when it was in Astoria, Oregon. It will be updated in the near future to include photos taken by a couple that are stationed in Hawaii. I was born and raised as the fifth generation
on the farm that my great,
I grew up in the western part of Nodaway county
and the eastern part of
I have been divorced for a little over 10 years,
having been married to a
As for me, I'm an accountant and para-legal.
I haven't found a job in the
That pretty well sums it up. I can also say it is great to be back home. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~monodawa/nodaway.html
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Hi, I am Kathy Heidel,
I have the Civil War Page for Missouri. I grew up in Manhattan, KS. My father was from Dent Co., MO and I cut my teeth on the stories he told about the War and life down on the Current River. Because I was the youngest and so was my father, my g-grandfathers fought in the Civil War. Seems like a long time ago.....137 years. My husband, Paul and I have 4 children and as retread parents we are raising a grandaughter, Morgan, she is 9 yrs old and we have always had her. I am on her School Board, I have started the Sacred Heart Cathedral Piecemakers a quilting group to make quilts for School and Church Raffles. And I teach quilting locally. I have been with the USGenWeb Project since Nov of 1996. I also ran for CC Rep in the 1st ever USGenWeb Election. That was an experience for sure. ;o} I have Clay and Dickinson Co., KS. Also Kansas in the Civil War and the OK/IT Potawatomi Tribe of Oklahoma. My own history can be found at: Pieces of Thyme http://www.tri.net/~kheidel/genealogy/pieces.html Surnames researching in Missouri are Welch,
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| Joy
Pixler Hyde -I am CC for McDonald Co. MOGenWeb site. I have
had it about 6 months.
I live in Springfield MO. You can see my granddaughter on my personal web site. Maybe soon I can have my great-grandson on it. Also some of my art work. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/8609/ I think USGenWeb is a great organization.
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