GeneaBlogie

I mentioned the use of property records to find an elusive spouse. But while I was doing that, I had a rather disturbing experience. I was at the site for the Department of Records of Jackson County, Missouri [I've praised this site often so it's worth showing the link again.] I was primarily looking at records pertaining to descendants of …Continue reading →

So I was looking for the name of Cousin A’s spouse. She apparently lived her entire life in Kansas City, Missouri, but the excellent Jackson County records site, of which I’ve spoken glowingly in the past, had no evidence of her marriage. Perhaps, I reasoned, this meant she had slipped across the county line to one of the suburban counties …Continue reading →