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UPCOMING
MEETING--JUNE 5, 2008
Business Meeting. Research Night
Bring your
research and your "brick walls."PCGS Picnic at Dunnegan
Park, Saturday, June 21 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pavilion
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INDEXES OF
LIBRARY HOLDINGS AND OTHER RESOURCES
UPDATED MARCH 2008
Library holdings, archival holdings, obituary
files, microfilm--all updated.
Includes new sections on archival finding aids
and index to Polk County History Book
To see the updated listings, click here
PCGS
LIBRARY CLOSINGS FOR 2008:
Saturday, April 12
(Spring Conference at CMH)
Independence
Day, Friday, July 4
A weekend in October (Friday and Saturday) --
(Living History Tour)
Thanksgiving Break, Wednesday through Sunday,
November 26-30
Christmas
Break, Wednesday, December 24, 2008-Thursday,
January 1, 2009
The PCGS Library will be closed on the above
dates.
Regular hours are Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat. 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
PCGS
10th Annual Spring Conference
"The I's Have It--Interments,
International, Internet" was held Saturday,
April 12, 2008 from
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Citizens Memorial
Hospital Community Rooms, Bolivar, MO
For more information, pictures and schedule,
click here.
INCLEMENT
WEATHER POLICY:
If Bolivar schools are
closed because of weather, the library will also
be closed.
There will be no night meeting, either, if school
is closed on a Thursday. If bad weather
develops on a Thursday afternoon before the
regular monthly meeting, members can
call 417-777-2820 to find out the status of the
meeting. Click here
for school closings
list at ky3.com
President's
Corner
March 2008
PCGS Polk County Circuit Court Project
Field archivists from the Secretary of State's
(SOS) office, Missouri State Archives, have been
working on the 1800s circuit court case files for
the last few years. They bring the files from
the attic of the courthouse to our facility and
prepare them for eventual microfilming. As the
records are being processed the archivists
generate an index which will eventually be posted
on the Secretary of State's website and also our
website. This is a huge project with at least 100
cubic feet of records which will be available for
research at completion. These files are a
treasure
of genealogical and historical information.
The officers at PCGS felt that the circuit court
files starting in 1900 needed the same attention,
so with the blessing of Vesta Seiner, Circuit
Clerk, we have started to retrieve the 1900s
files
from the attic. The plan is to process them to
the same standards as the SOS office and generate
an index that we can post on our PCGS website.
Once the index is posted, researchers will have
access to the files. There will be a retrieval
fee and copy costs associated with the files or,
you may
visit us in person and just pay the copy costs.
PCGS volunteers are cleaning, purging metal
fasteners, humidifying and indexing the files in
preparation for microfilming. We had a great time
the last couple of Saturdays peeking into the
legal lives of Polk County ancestors. There is
still time to volunteer to help with this
project. There
is a lot of work to be done and a lot of
information to uncover, so join us any Saturday
morning
and lend a hand . . . future researchers will
thank you.
One of the newest resources added to our
collection is the Missouri State Penitentiary
records. This
microfilm series covers the time period 1836-1967
with a register of inmates received at the
prison.
The register will tell you the inmate’s
name, crime committed, vital statistics,
distinguishing marks,
if they escaped or were pardoned. The records
from 1931-1967 just list names and prisoner
numbers.
Anyone researching black sheep in their family
needs to check this resource.
Susan Sparks
SPECIAL ITEMS
FOR SALE
 Polk County
Souvenir Military
Deck of Cards!
Limited quantities. Get yours today!
Only $10.00 per deck plus $3.50 shipping.
For more information, click here.
Polk County
Souvenir
Deck of Cards!
Limited quantities. Get yours today!
Only $12.00 per deck plus $3.50 shipping.
For more information, click here.
Polk County Courthouse Centennial Print . . .
$25.00 + $10.00 s/h
(For
more information on the Courthouse print, click here
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RECENT
PUBLICATIONS!
Humansville Star-Leader Polk County,
Missouri Obituaries 2006 . . . $10.00
Complete collection of published obituaries from
the year's Humansville newspaper.
Indexed. 33 pages.
Humansville Star-Leader Polk County, Missouri
Obituaries 2002 . . . $10.00
Complete collection of published obituaries from
the year's Humansville newspaper.
Indexed. 37 pages.
Humansville Star-Leader Polk County, Missouri
Obituaries 1997 . . . $10.00
Complete collection of published obituaries from
the year's Humansville newspaper.
Indexed. 35 pages.
Polk County Court Docket 1844-1847 . . . $15.00
Transcribed record with index. 123 pages.
2007 Calendar . . . $8.00
Contains pictures of various Polk County
Rural Schools
Polk County Court Docket 1842-1844 . . . $15.00
Transcribed record with index.
Humansville Star-Leader Polk County,
Missouri Obituaries 2005 . . . $10.00
Complete collection of published obituaries from
the year's Humansville newspaper.
Indexed. 50 pages.
Polk County Court Docket 1837-1840 . . .
$15.00
Transcribed record with index.
Polk County Court Docket 1840-1841 . . . $15.00
Transcribed record with index.
City of Bolivar, Register of City License
1926-1946 . . . $20.00
Transcribed record with index.
LIVING HISTORY
TOUR OF GREENWOOD CEMETERY 2008
****Watch for this
year's tour on a weekend in October 2008!
PCGS Library Hours : 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
on Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat.
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