RESEARCH SERVICES AVAILABLE
Thank you for your interest in the Old Mines Area Historical Society, Inc. From our beginnings in 1977 we have been able to provide family history information for countless descendants of the early settlers of this area. Our acquisitions are expanding and new information is available periodically.
Our files contain documentation from Catholic Church records, i.e., baptisms, marriages and burials belonging to St Joachim Church of Old Mines, St. Stephens Church of Richwoods and St. Rose of Lima Church in DeSoto and the recently donated Racola School files from 1890 to 1896. (Since the 1890 Federal Census was burned, this is an excellent source for enumeration of people in the area during this time frame.) We also have many reference books on early French settlements of the Mississippi Valley: Vincennes, Kaskaskia, Fort de Chartres, Prairie du Rocher, St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve.
This collection is constantly growing through acquisitions and donations. Other researchers also continually donate copies of their family histories and ancestral charts to our files - many proving ties to the ancient French Canadian families. We also have access to some census and land records, and some slave records of baptisms, marriages, burials, and bits and pieces of everyday life then.
Unlike other historical societies with access to public facilities to house their collections, OMAHS has had to build and maintain its own archive building. Therefore, we find it necessary to charge a fee for researching each surname. The cost is $25.00 per surname, payable in advance. This entitles the customer to all available statistics in your DIRECT ANCESTRAL LINE. If requested, family group sheets can be provided for an additional cost of one dollar (printing charge) per sheet. These family group sheets, researched by Mr. Alvin Politte for over 25 years, may contain important information on collateral family lines.
To facilitate a search, certain information is vital: time frame (approximate birth, marriage and death dates) locations, siblings names, if known. Every little bit will help our researcher identify your particular line. If interested in our services, enclose your surname information with a check for $25.00 payable to OMAHS and mail to:
Old Mines Area Historical Society
P.O. Box 142
Potosi, MO 63664
Please direct all genealogy queries and problems with queries to:
EMAIL: oldmines@yahoo.com
Please be patient.....this is done on a volunteer basis and your response will be sent as time allows. The Archive Building is not open to the public for research.
This is just a sample of many of the surnames in the region. There are many others who made their homes in the Old Mines Area.
Archambeau
Aubuchon
Auge
Beauline
Becquet/Bequette
Boeuf
Bonneau
Bourassau
Boyer
Caillot
Charbonneau
Coleman
Courtois
DeGagne/Degonia
Duclos
Govereau
Hamlin
Higginbotham
Juliette/Jullerat
Lachance
Lalumondiere
Lamarque
LaSource
Mallet
Maurice
Mercille
Mesplay
Missey
Mundy
Pashia
Pepin
Pratt
Robert dit Politte
Roderique
Rouleau
Roussin
Sansoucie
Tanque
Troquet
Theabeau
Trudeau
Valle
Villmer
Original Names in the Old Mines Concession:
1. B. Valle
2. Charles F. Aug Vallé
3. M. Blanco
4. J Portel
5. Martin
6. Jacob Boisse
7. Alexandre Duclos
8. Ch. Robert
9. T.H. Pratte
10. F. Maniche
11. Amable Partenais
12. Joseph Blay
13. J Robert (Jean Robert)
14. Lis Boyer
15. Baptiste Placet
16. Widow Coleman
17. Joseph Boyer
18. Charles Boyer
19. Antione Govreau
20. Nicolas Boilvin
21. Thomas Rose
22. Louis Lacroix
23. F. B. Vallé
24. F. Milhomme
25. J. Guibour
26. F. Tibeau
27. Amable Partenutte
28. J. Bequet (Joseph Bequette)
29. B. Coleman (Bernard Coleman)
30. Hipolite Robert
31. Pierre Boyer
The concession of 2,400 arpents, called, of the Old Mine, situated in the District of Ste. Genevieve, to serve to make known the division of the said land in 31 parts, conformably to the order given in the original title, mentioned in the certificate following the plat.
