Just got off the phone with the St. Clair County Clerks office who actually called me because they couldn't fulfill my request - which was very nice. Apparently, my maternal grandmother must have gone off into another dimension to die because neither St. Clair County NOR St. Louis County has a record of it. Now, I have long since speculated that the Holt side of the family may perhaps be descendants of gypsies and spies, but I was joking ... wasn't I? Every time, I try to explore that side further, I get a roadblock immediately. Sure, this may happen from time to time with particular individuals BUT AN ENTIRE BRANCH OF THE TREE? What's going on on this side? Black ops? Magical faeries? Well, my Aunt Dee informs me that Glodine Wade Holt DID in fact die at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO - despite what St. Louis County might have heard. So, I will be pressing this matter with them post haste.FYI, You may contact St. Clair County @ 618-277-6600 for all of your birth, death and marriage license needs. Dialing extension 2378 will get you Mark, the guy I worked with. He's aces. Also, he gave me a heads up on a website called Legacy.com that searches Obituary notices in the newspaper nationally. Happy Hunting!
