Tuesdays are Archive Days in Poplar Bluff

The Butler County Archives and Record Management is open each Tuesday 9 AM to 3 PM.  Many of the oldest records for Butler County are housed here, just across the street from the Courthouse.  You'll find land records, probate records, maps, etc.  This is a treasure trove of information just waiting on you.  Discover new tidbits of information regarding many aspects of life of long-passed Butler County pioneers, ancestors, and former residents.

This is the old "State Bank Building"
at the corner of Vine and Main Streets.

Look for this entrance facing
Vine Street on the "300" Block. 

I can't wait to see the results of the hard work of the volunteers latest projects.

• One involves identifying and mapping the landowners at the creation of Butler County.  That's not as easy as it sounds, the county lines have shifted, in particular on the western side of the county.  The realignment more accurately follows the township and range lines method of surveying.
• Secondly, marriage records are a common record used in genealogy but they are creating a divorce index.  Divorces may be considered more acceptable and openly talked about now but are not new as this database will prove.  This is an often overlooked part of genealogy.  Just because a new spouse appears in the census doesn't prove the previous spouse is necessarily deceased.

Stop by and see the volunteers at work on Tuesdays and let them know their work is not going unnoticed or unappreciated!