Genealogists to the Rescue!

The Suburban Journals chain of newspapers serving the St. Louis metropolitan area reports on a group of genealogists who have devoted years to the indexing of the court records of Monroe County, Missouri. The story, by Chris Campbell, commences:

Pat Vaseska emerged from the records room at the Monroe County Courthouse with blood on her hands.

A nail had pricked her probing finger. That's not an unusual occurrence for Vaseska, who has been working in the room for almost a decade, attempting to index more than 150 years of court records.

"It's a miracle I don't have tetanus," Vaseska joked.

Vaseska was joined by three friends: Janet Flynn, Jan Wenk and Phyllis Veath. All are ardent students of genealogy.

The group began working to index Monroe County's "treasure trove" of court documents eight years ago.

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