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Genealogical Customer Service Kudos
I had to order a copy of a Missouri birth certificate on short notice recently. I ordered it through VitalChek. Now the trick is not to order birth certificates from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in Jefferson City, which is the main repository. Instead, order them from Kansas City or St Louis, which both have statewide records. …
April 23, 2010 Friday at 5:17 pm
Shades of the Departed Magazine Earns Kudos
Tamura Jones has given the Best Looking Magazine award to Shades of the Departed Magazine! It’s part of his 2009 GeneaBlog Awards over at Modern Software Experience. He says the November debut issue “looks better than any other genealogy related magazine I’ve seen.” I’m privilieged to be part of footnoteMaven’s band of merry contributors at Shades the Magazine–and even so, …
December 5, 2009 Saturday at 7:41 pm
I Try to Kiss & Make Up with Caddo’s Clerk
Awhile ago, in a fit of technologically self-righteous pique, I vented my spleen over the process to access Caddo Parish, Louisiana, records online. Perhaps I was too harsh. Less than a week ago, I sent to Caddo Parish by snail mail a request for some certified copies of certain records. Today, I have the records in my hands and have …
June 22, 2009 Monday at 7:24 pm
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Once again, in our Credit-where-Credit-is-Due Department: 1. Congratulations to Missouri, whose State Archives has now added images for the year 1935 to its Death Records project. This project is rapidly closing its gaps! 2. Thanks to the Local History Department of the Corpus Christi Public Libraries, which outdid its usual great service by responding to my request for a scanned …
August 11, 2007 Saturday at 7:55 pm
Thanks Again, Missouri
I really believe in giving credit where credit is due. On May 20, 2007, I wrote to the Missouri State Archives to request copies of the original log of death certificates concerning Eliza Jane Long (died 1885) and Pauline Long (died 1886). My requests were received on May 24, 2007. On June 4, 2007, I received a notice from the …
June 12, 2007 Tuesday at 6:46 pm
Kudos: Milam County (Tex.) Clerk’s Office
I like to recognize good service by those who support our research and without whom, our work would be infinitely more difficult, if not impossible. Today’s honors go to the Milam County Clerk’s Office in Cameron, Texas. I requested copies of two probate files. The files arrived promptly and in great condition (they are over ninety years old). The clerk …
November 18, 2006 Saturday at 6:20 pm
