Ray County, Missouri, Genealogy Resources, Helpers

Last Updated 5/27/2008

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Ray County Cemetery Project Volunteers
Thanks to all those who have helped over the years! This is a partial list of those involved with the Ray County Cemetery Project...more names will be added.
Pauline Brown	Transcribed many cemeteries in the Ray County area along with Colleen Crowley. Miss Brown was an active member of the DAR, Ray County Historical Society and Ray County Genealogical Association. Deceased.	deceased
Carol Collen Crowley	Transcribed many cemeteries in the Ray County area along with Pauline Brown.
Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry	Compiled "Cemetery Records of Ray County, Missouri" (vol. 1-6) along with others. Compiled marriage indexes and census indexes. Although she compiled publications, she did not physically read all tombstones or other records compiled.
Dorothy Grove	Compiled and continually updates (Old) Union Cemetery. Member of the Ray County Genealogical Association.	e-mail
Jenne Layman	Helped compile the DAR index of Ray County cemeteries. She is a member of the DAR, Ray County Historical Society and Ray County Genealogical Association.
Jan Marasch-Schwab	Web designer for Ray County GenWeb Project Locating & mapping all known Cemeteries in Ray County Indexing current obituaries from local newspapers Indexing death certificates and matching them with cemetery listings	e-mail
Virginia King McBee	Transcribed many cemeteries in the Ray County area. Mrs. McBee was extremely knowledgeable about the Ray County history and genealogy. She was an active member of the DAR, Ray County Historical Society and the Ray County Genealogical Association and helped many researchers across the country. Deceased.	deceased
Alfred McKemy	Compiled two books (Cemeteries of Crooked River Township and Cemeteries of Grape Grove Township) along with his wife Sandy, in the early 1990's. Past board member of the Ray County Historical Society and past President of the Ray County Genealogical Assn.
Ruby Pointer	Copied Randolph McDonald Family Cemetery in 1979
Barbara Proffitt	In the 1990's, organized the cemetery records already placed in the Genealogical Library in the Ray County Museum. She compiled a book with a list of cemeteries and their locations, and helped Alfred McKemy with his search of cemeteries in Ray County. She is a member of the Ray County Historical Society, past board member, and member of the Ray County Genealogical Association.
Mrs. Carlton Richardson	Helped compile "Cemetery records of Ray County, Missouri" (vol. 1-6) along with Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry and Juliette L. Smith.
Carter Rogers	Read & compiled Richmond Cemetery transcription Read & updated Sunny Slope Cemetery transcription Present board member of the Ray County Historical Society and member of the Ray County Genealogical Associaton.	e-mail
Lisa Smalley	Web designer for Ray County Genealogical Association Transcribing Obituaries and matching them with cemetery listings Compiling cemetery transcriptions for Ray County Present board member of the Ray County Genealogical Association and member of the Ray County Historical Society.	e-mail
Juliette L. Smith	Helped compile "Cemetery records of Ray County, Missouri" (vol. 1-6) along with Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry and Mrs. Carlton Richardson.
Joyce Anderson Swearingin	Compiled census, funeral home records, marriage records, and a few cemeteries in the Ray County and surrounding area.
Donna Vermillion	Copied Randolph McDonald Family Cemetery in 1979
Marsha Young	Completed an independent survey by sections and lot numbers of Sunny Slope Cemetery in 1989.
Jenna Zunker	Cemetery photographer & hunter for Ray County Active contributor to Find-A-Grave	e-mail

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