Dunklin County Genealogical Society

Author: Barbara Swain

Shelton-Riggs Hardware Company

Today as I was browsing through some old newsletters I came across an article about Shelton-Riggs Hardware Company, which was located on the northeast corner of the square in Kennett.  Although I do not remember the hardware store, I do remember that Wilcoxson Furniture was located in the same building after Shelton-Riggs moved.  Later,
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Blankenships Come to Dunklin County, Missouri

A few days ago as I looked back through some old issues of our Dunklin County Genealogical Society newsletters I came across an article about the Blankenship Family. Although it was printed a few years ago in our newsletter, I felt it was worth sharing again. The article reminded me of the stories I
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Nelse Willoughby, Kennett’s Oldest Resident

A few years ago my husband and I transcribed the Oak Ridge Cemetery. This is a large cemetery located on the north side of Kennett and some of the graves go back to the early 1900s. In order to get the information as correctly as possible, I used old funeral home records, death certificates,
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Welcome To Our Blog

Welcome to our new blog.  We hope that all of you who have roots here in Dunklin County will find this a useful site for adding to your family tree.  Please be patient with us as we get use to posting and
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How to Use Vintage Cookbooks in Your Genealogy Research

It is amazing where we can find clues that help us make that next link in our family tree and move our genealogy research forward. Recently, I came across a blog post genealogist Lisa Lisson on the clues we can find in vintage cookbooks. Honestly, it's not a research tool I had ever thought
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