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| 2008 Missouri Reunion |
INFORMATION FROM THE PAST
The morning of May 3rd found descendants and friends of the Orphan Train
meeting at the Riverside Church in St. Joseph for the Seventeenth Annual MO
Orphan Train Reunion. Sharon Hibbs and her husband presented a workshop on
the services that the Family Search Department of the Latter-Day Saints Church
provides entitled “How the Family Search Department can aid you in your search”.
By calling 800-346-6044 the nearest family history center can be located. At www.
familysearch.org you can search online databases that contain over 957 million
names. There is no charge for the help.
After lunch descendants shared their stories. We had six descendants present.
Mary Ellen Johnson, founder of the Orphan Train Heritage Society of America, also
shared about the Orphan Train. After the descendants shared their stories Crystal
Stuck from the St. Joseph Public Library did a great job in presenting a workshop
on “Free Genealogy Web Sites & Preserving Old Photos & Papers”. The web sites
she talked about were:
www.castlegarden.org -- 1830 to early 1900’s, this site is still under
construction
www.mayflowerhistory.com
www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm -- lots of information, lots of links . . .take it
slow!
3. Familytreemagazine.com
4. United States National Archives & Records Administration www.archives.gov
5. USGenWeb http://usgenweb.org
6. RootsWeb www.rootsweb.com
7. Civil War Soldiers & Sailors www.itd.mps.gov/cwss -- The database consists
of 6.3 million soldier’s records
7. Missouri State Archives www.sos.mo.gov/archives
Information about most of these web sites is available in the Research Facility
Addresses in the Orphan Train Resources.
A interesting web site, www.adopteeconnect.com/index.htm. Adoption Registry
Connect is a worldwide adoptee and birth parent search registry designed to
reunite adoptees with their birth parents and siblings. It is free and contains 48,509
profiles at the present time.
Plans are in progress for the Eighteenth Annual Mo Orphan Train Reunion in St.
Joseph, MO on May 16, 2009
Richard Pistole
rpistole@earthlink.net
The morning of May 3rd found descendants and friends of the Orphan Train
meeting at the Riverside Church in St. Joseph for the Seventeenth Annual MO
Orphan Train Reunion. Sharon Hibbs and her husband presented a workshop on
the services that the Family Search Department of the Latter-Day Saints Church
provides entitled “How the Family Search Department can aid you in your search”.
By calling 800-346-6044 the nearest family history center can be located. At www.
familysearch.org you can search online databases that contain over 957 million
names. There is no charge for the help.
After lunch descendants shared their stories. We had six descendants present.
Mary Ellen Johnson, founder of the Orphan Train Heritage Society of America, also
shared about the Orphan Train. After the descendants shared their stories Crystal
Stuck from the St. Joseph Public Library did a great job in presenting a workshop
on “Free Genealogy Web Sites & Preserving Old Photos & Papers”. The web sites
she talked about were:
- Google
- Ellis Island and Others
www.castlegarden.org -- 1830 to early 1900’s, this site is still under
construction
www.mayflowerhistory.com
www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm -- lots of information, lots of links . . .take it
slow!
3. Familytreemagazine.com
4. United States National Archives & Records Administration www.archives.gov
5. USGenWeb http://usgenweb.org
6. RootsWeb www.rootsweb.com
7. Civil War Soldiers & Sailors www.itd.mps.gov/cwss -- The database consists
of 6.3 million soldier’s records
7. Missouri State Archives www.sos.mo.gov/archives
Information about most of these web sites is available in the Research Facility
Addresses in the Orphan Train Resources.
A interesting web site, www.adopteeconnect.com/index.htm. Adoption Registry
Connect is a worldwide adoptee and birth parent search registry designed to
reunite adoptees with their birth parents and siblings. It is free and contains 48,509
profiles at the present time.
Plans are in progress for the Eighteenth Annual Mo Orphan Train Reunion in St.
Joseph, MO on May 16, 2009
Richard Pistole
rpistole@earthlink.net