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Show Gi DailySHerald SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2006 LIFE & STYLE EDITOR | Elyssa Andrus - 344-2553 - eandrus@heraldextra.com LaRae Free Kerr It’s All Relatives Thisstatue contains a UMMIFIED MISSOURI, ‘SHOW ME? MY ANCESTORS CAT issouriis the “show-me” State. It may not have the mosteasily acces| sible family history recor but for many “lost” families, it | may very well be thestate that “shows” wherethe ancestors are. Somecall it the “heartland.” The Heart of America Genealogical Society and Library,Inc., at the Kansas City Public Library has madethat nameits own and in the process maneuvered itself into oneof the premier genealogical societiesin the country That Missouriis the “midcontinent”state,there is no doubt. The Mid-Continent Public Library in Independencesets the standard for public library historicalcollections, A special wingofthe library houses the Genealogy and Local History Department.In fact, Family Tree Magazine namedthis one of | the 10 best genealogical public libraries in the nation. Missouriwas the “gateway” to the West. Why? Becausethe rivers from the Easternstates led to Missouri. Just look at a United States mapandfollow theriver systems which werethe freewaysofthe old days. Manypioneersended upin Independence, wherethey outfitted for the journey West. But somenever madeit. The money Would you mummify your pet for $100, Despite the.cost, the Salt Lake City-based religious group ee has mummified 600 Save out — or the people gave ani Be including HERALDCORRESPONDENT more than 4,000 years, the soarPyramids of Giza have cast their silent shadowsoverthe hot desert sands of the Sahara. Deep inside, the mummified remains of ancient Egyptians havelain entombed throughthe millennia, a reminderof the ancient hope that one’s ka,or spirit, will live on in the afterlife. The first mummifications were performed on pharaohs, according to Mike Markowski, a history professor at Westminster Collegein LakeCity. “Later,it was occasionally performed on family members,nobles, and important generals and bureaucrats,” he said. Whatis surprising, adds Markowski, is that Ve ere Laval ecoaly arcs ae inthe United States today — occasional mans, but mostly on animals,“Ric! fsae pay to have their favorite pet mummified,” said Markowski. You won't find the serviceslisted in a Utah Seat ious caelSuispuatadeeportions DOGS,CAT: BIRDS: AT acontract to place their bodies in his care once theypasson. See MUMMY, B2 ‘Ten percent have completed financial arrangementsto be mummified. RELIGION NOTES Catholic lecturer Salt Lake City aa Where were you in 1891? That's the United Church Utah Catholics will have two opportunities to hear from the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Father Richard Rohr, a Franciscan, ae and Sunday as the t eee 650 S. 1100 East in Salt Lake The Judge Memorial event, which includes a book lowing Rohr's ee 's are ohne Lecture. limited seating,a free tickaes attend either event, both ‘open to the . Reserve thee typooeat BOY unleavened bread,bitter herbs and other Passover traditions,will be available while Kiscomtte BYU staff, students and faculty is $17. Therewill be a seder,or feast, at 6:30 p.m, March 31 and April 7, 8, 14, 15 and 29.All services will be held in Room 3228 of the Wilkinson Student Center. Services will be conducted this year by associate professor Jeffrey Chadwick,t over for professor and Passover coordinator Victor Ludlow, who ‘ i away from camPorona Sian leave. BYU Passover Seder tickets go on sale Today's Center, 170 S, University St. in Salt LakeCity, SereHis second address, “Journey to er What 0 Community UCC is located at 175N. University Ave. in Provo. & eee | State of Missouri, 1970,film 0984777. Early censuses were included in Louisiana Territory records. Asis the case with all old records, some survived, some didn’t. Missouri censuses were taken every four years — some really were burned andparts of others madeit to the present ‘time. Places to trace Missouri ances- Summum founderCorkyRa also says14,000 people havesigned mummification. out. Some stayed in Missouri for a few years or for many. If you'velost your pioneering ancestors, you might wanttotry Missouri. The amazingthingis that there are records of these early travelers. Catholic records for the ArchdioceseofSt. Louis, whichincluded Illinois, from 1673 to 1928 are housed in St. Louis. Census records from Seville, Spain, are extant. Spain offered free land to American | settlers, and they came, mainly | from Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and the Carolinas.Their land grants maybe listed in Record Books, 1795-1808; Index to French and Spanish Land Grants, 1795-1812. Jefferson City: Really Matters,” vin be piven en Sunday st 3 pom. dn the mochtockuen ot Judge ee University : Tickets tooe eee annual event, ‘an authentic ition that includes contacting the Religiow: Educa nay ano Center, 42238611, WWWHERALDEXTRA.COM — CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE — Cody Clark, Daily Herald torsinclude: » Censuses: Ancestry.com searchable databasesincluded the 1830 and 1840censuses as well as later ones. Other census indexes can be searched at ge- nealogicallibraries. » Many Missouri City and State Directories exist. Federallandpatents are indexed | at www.glorecords.bim. gov?atentSearch/Default.asp? » Missouri State Society Daughters of the American | Revolution Library: To see a collection description go to www. umsystem.edw/shs/dar.html. The actualcollection is at the Missouri State Historical Society in Columbia, Mo. Butit has been microfilmed, with indexes,on 5 31reels by the Family History Library in Salt LakeCity andso is available throughloanat all Family History Centers. » Missouri Pioneers:This 30volume set by Audrey Woodruff, Nadine Hodges and Mrs. John Vinyard contains thousands of names. Each volumeis indexed, The completeset can be found at Mount Prospect, Illinois Public Library. A description of the contents and a list of surnames for each volume oa available at www.mountainp: ‘mo/ where tthe be books can be purchased for $18 each. So if your ancestors got lost somewhere between the West and the “freeway” system of rivers, Missouri may very well be your own “show me"state. UMH |