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U.S. - Missouri
Category Index
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- AccessGenealogy - Missouri Genealogy Resource Center
- American History and Genealogy Project Affiliated - Missouri
- American Local History Network - Missouri
- Ancestor Search - Missouri Genealogy Search Engines
- Ancestors: Resource Guide - Missouri
Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
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 Ancestry.com - Missouri: Crossroads for Tracking Ancestors
From Shaking Your Family Tree by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
- Ancestry.com - Missouri Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- ePodunk
Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Family Tree Connection - Missouri Resources
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- Footnote.com - Missouri
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- GenealogyBank.com - Missouri
GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.
- Genealogy Buff - Library - Missouri Data
Data files for many counties including obituaries, death notices, marriage indexes, death indexes, baptisms, and births.
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 Genealogy.com: State Resources -- Missouri
- Genealogy Trails History Group - Missouri Genealogy Trails
Volunteers working together to transcribe records: biographies, cemeteries, court records, family Bibles, obituaries, newspapers, vitals, marriages, & more.
- Geneasearch: A Guide to Missouri Genealogy
Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
- Ghost Counties - Your Guide To America's Dead, Forgotten Counties
Remembering those counties across America that have been disbanded or discontinued.
- G's Adoption Registry - Missouri
- KCGenealogy.com
Genealogical research in the Missouri and Kansas area.
- Kindred Trails - Missouri Genealogy Resources
- Lineages.com - Missouri Research Room
- Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Missouri
- Looking 4 Kin - Missouri
- Look To The Past
A free website covering southwest and southcentral Missouri. Includes cemetery transcriptions, census transcriptions, birth, death and marriage records plus much more.
- Missouri: Resources for Historical & Genealogical Research
A general resource site for assistance in research, newspapers, an on-line library, maps, libraries and history.
- Missouri Genealogy Webring
- Missouri Interactive Genealogy
Links to genealogy in Missouri.
- The Olive Tree Genealogy - Missouri
- Southeast USA Genealogy
For people interested in genealogy research anywhere in the United States, especially in the Southeast (including the states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio, Maryland, South Carolina, and North Carolina.) A mailing list with corresponding message board, related links, a CD Lookup request page, a free forwarding e-mail address, and a page where researchers can register their relevant surnames.
- StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - Missouri
- Surname Navigator USA
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
- USGenWeb - MOGenWeb Project
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 Websites at RootsWeb
- WorldVitalRecords.com - Missouri in Databases or Missouri in Titles
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
- Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1881
- Southwestern business directory : including principal towns on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway, Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad, Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Railway, Texas and Pacific Railway, Union Pacific Railway, Denver and Rio Grande Railway, Colorado Midland Railway, and Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.
Colorado, Wyoming Territory, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Texas, Louisana.
- U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
Original source: Avero Publications. Biography Database, 1680-1830. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Avero Publications, 1998.
- U.S. City Directories
- U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
Original source: 1993-2002 White Pages. Little Rock, AR, USA: Acxiom Corporation.
- U.S. Public Records Index
Original source: Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, comp. Historical Residential White Page, Directory Assistance and Other Household Database Listings. Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, 215 South Complex Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901.
- Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA - Missouri
Listing of microfilmed city directories available at the National Archives.
- City Directories of the United States of America
A register of known city directories, their years, and repositories for the United States.
- Footnote.com - City Directories
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- Online Historical Directories Website
The purpose of the site is to have links to all online city directories in one place, listed by location and in date order. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers. Included are county, rural, business, professional and other directories.
- U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - Missouri
At the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- 50states.com - Missouri State Information Resource
A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
- Court Web Sites - Missouri
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- FindLaw: Missouri: Courts
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- Missouri County Clerks/Election Officials
Provides names, office, addresses and phone numbers.
- Missouri State Government Web
- NACo - About Counties - Missouri
From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
- Official City Web Sites for the State of Missouri
- Public Records Online
Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
- USA CityLink Project - Missouri
- Yahoo! Get Local...Missouri Counties and Regions or Cities
Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.
- Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Missouri
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- 'Gone But Not Forgotten' - Missouri Pioneers
- Historical Listing of Missouri's State and Federal Officials
- History of New Madrid and Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri 1887
This page highlights the disastrous earthquakes that affected the Mississippi Valley and the entire SE United States beginning in 1811 and continuing through 1812.
- How Did The Boundary of Missouri Come To Include The "Bootheel"?
- Missouri History: Native Americans through First Settlements
Article by Rickie Lazzerini.
- Missouri History Timeline
- Origins of Missouri Counties
- Timeline of Missouri History
- The Turnbo Manuscripts
By Silas Claiborne Turnbo, 1844-1925. "A collection of approximately eight hundred short tales, stories and vignettes that reflect life along the White River Valley in northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri during the latter half of the 19th century.".
- Yahoo!...History...Missouri
- The Archives of the Evangelical Synod at Eden Theological Seminary ~ St. Louis
Holds the official materials of the former Evangelical Synod of North America and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Its primary purpose is to catalog and make available records of United Church of Christ congregations, persons, and agencies that belonged to the former Evangelical Synod of North America.
- Black Archives of Mid-America
A collaboration between the Black Archives of Mid-America Inc. and Kansas City Public Library, funded by the Missouri State Library.
- Civilian Conservation Corps Museum & Research Center ~ St. Louis
- Concordia Historical Institute
The Department of Archives and History of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. From its beginning in 1847, the Synod has provided for its archives, first entrusting the responsibility for maintaining the church's records to the synodical secretary. In 1927 the Institute was incorporated by interested individuals in the church to provide for the preservation of its records. In 1959 the Synod designated the Institute as its official repository.
- Directory of Archives and Manuscripts Repositories in the St. Louis Area
- Directory of Kansas City Area Repositories
- Family History Centers in Missouri
From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
- Family History Library Catalog
From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
- FamilySearch - Family History Centers in Missouri
A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.
- Harry S. Truman Library & Museum ~ Independence
- Index of Repositories in the St. Louis Area
From the Association of St. Louis Area Archivists. Links to repostitories, contact information, and description of holdings.
- Kansas City Public Library
- LIBCAT: US - Missouri
A directory of library resources on the Internet.
- LibDex - The Library Index - Missouri
A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
- Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
- Missouri History Museum
- Library and Research Center
Collections contain unique regional history sources and objects documenting St. Louis, Missouri, the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, the Louisiana Purchase Territory and the American West.
- Missouri State Archives
- Missouri State Library
- Missouri United Methodist Archives
At the Smiley Library, Central Methodist College, Fayette, Missouri.
- Newberry Library | Bibliography of African American History - Missouri
- Newberry Library | Genealogy Bibliographies - Missouri
- Partee Center for Baptist Historical Studies
From William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. Jointly sponsored by the College and the Missouri Baptist Convention, the Center gives an organized approach to the historical needs of Missouri Baptist churches and fosters an interest in Baptist history of the American Midwest.
- PublicLibraries.com - Missouri
- Repositories of Primary Sources: Missouri
A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
- St. Louis County Library
- St. Louis Public Library
- Premier Library Sources
Indexes, lists, and bibliographies to materials that are available at many of its locations.
- United Methodist Church - General Commission on Archives & History - Directory for Local and Regional United Methodist Archives
List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.
- The University of Missouri - Western Historical Manuscript Collection - Columbia
- The University of Missouri - Western Historical Manuscript Collection - Kansas City
- The University of Missouri - Western Historical Manuscript Collection - Rolla
- The University of Missouri - Western Historical Manuscript Collection - St. Louis
- WorldCat.org: The World's Largest Library Catalog
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. You can search for books, music CDs, videos, and many new kinds of digital content such as downloadable audiobooks. You may also find article citations with links to their full text; authoritative research materials, such as documents and photos of local or historic significance; and digital versions of rare items that aren't available to the public.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- AHTA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Anti-Horse Thief Association (AHTA) and the people associated with it. The AHTA began before the Civil War in Missouri to prevent criminality. It guaranteed protection to members and helped law enforcement with the pursuit, capture, arrest, conviction and recovery of stolen horses, mules, equipment, etc. Archives: browse or search.
- CW-OZARKS
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Civil War in the Ozarks region (specific to southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas). Archives: browse or search.
- Missouri-L Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Missouri. Archives: browse or search.
- MISSOURI-ROOTS-L Mailing List
- MO-ABSTRACTS Mailing List
A read-only mailing list that will feature abstracted names, dates, events, and other pertinent information to aid researchers in their search for Missouri ancestors. Archives: browse or search.
- MO-AfriGeneas Mailing List
To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within Missouri.
- MO-AHGP Mailing List
For the State and County Coordinators of the Missouri American History and Genealogy Project (MO-AHGP) to discuss project activities. Archives: browse or search.
- MO-AR-WRV Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the families of the White River Valley in Missouri and Arkansas. Archives: browse or search.
- MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List
For anyone interested in locating and preserving historical information about Missouri cemeteries. Archives: browse or search.
- MO-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the preservation of historic Missouri cemeteries. Archives: browse or search.
- MO-CENSUS Mailing List
For the volunteers who are engaged in transcribing Missouri census records in support of the USGenWeb Census Project to discuss the status of the project.
- MO-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List
For . Archives: browse or search.
- MO-CW Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the role played by Missouri and its people during the Civil War. Archives: browse or search.
- MO-FREEDMEN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in Missouri from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Native American, Caucasian). Archives: browse or search.
- MO-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the ghost towns of Missouri. Archives: browse or search.
- MO-OLD-NEWS Mailing List
For the submission of abstracts, extracts and links from Missouri newspapers published prior to 1931. Archives: browse or search.
- MO-ROLLCALL Mailing List
For any and all researchers of Missouri kin to post roll calls - surnames they are researching and associated information such as locations and timeframes. Archives: browse or search.
- MO-VETERANS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in those who signed up for military service in Missouri and/or participated in military operations in Missouri during the Indian Wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War I. Archives: browse or search.
- MO-VINTAGEPHOTOS
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the use of vintage photos in Missouri genealogy. Archives: browse or search.
- OLD-MISSOURI-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in old Missouri newspapers and the persons who worked for them. Archives: browse or search.
- OREGON-TRAIL Mailing List
For those who want to research their family history concerning anything to do with the Oregon Trail. The history of the trail is an appropriate topic for discussion as well as postings of wagon train lists, and anything else genealogical including stories of life as a pioneer, diaries, queries, books, etc.Western states involved would mostly be Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington; maybe even California, Utah and others. Time periods include around 1840-1900. Archives: browse or search.
- OZARK-RESEARCH Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Ozark Mountain area of southwest Missouri, northwest Arkansas, and northeast Oklahoma. Archives: browse or search.
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - Missouri
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
- American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - Missouri
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - Missouri
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- Ancestry.com - Search Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 - Mid Western States
A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 - Missouri
A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.
- Color Landform Atlas: Missouri
Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
- County Map of Missouri
From the Missouri State Archives.
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
- Map of Missouri Counties
- MapQuest: World Atlas: Missouri
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Missouri Genealogy Links & Maps
Early Missouri maps showing Monroe, Ralls, Pike, Lincoln, Montgomery, Boone and Callaway Counties.
- Missouri Historical Maps
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Missouri Maps
From The University of Texas at Austin.
- RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo
Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
- U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - Missouri County Selection Map
- USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library
- Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - Missouri
Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.
- 4th Missouri Infantry, C.S.A.
- 7th Regiment Missouri Cavalry, CSA
- 8th MO Infantry (US)
This re-enactor unit website has a history of the regiment, biographical/genealogical sketches.
- 12th Regiment, Missouri Infantry, Company G
- 14th Missouri State Militia Volunteer Cavalry
- 21st Missouri Infantry
- 26th Missouri Infantry Regiment
Regimental History including rosters and biographies.
- 29th Missouri Infantry, USA
Regimental history of the formation, movements, battles and campaigns of the 29th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment, USA. Includes rosters of officers and soldiers with descriptions of their individual services.
- Ancestry.com - Search Military Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Battle of Lone Jack, Missouri
A source for information on the Battle of Lone Jack, August 16, 1862, Regiments who fought in the battle, first hand accounts, and biographies of the men who fought here. Also, eastern Jackson County residents who witnessed the battle and who were affected by Order #11 one year later.
- Benton Cadets, Missouri Infantry
Roster and history of the Benton Cadets, Missouri Union Volunteer Infantry.
- The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - Missouri
- Civil War Battle Summaries by State - Missouri
- The Civil War History of the 29th Missouri Infantry, USA
Regimental history of the formation, movements, battles and campaigns of the 29th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment, USA. Includes rosters of officers and soldiers with descriptions of their individual services.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Civil War Rosters - Missouri
List of links to web sites with rosters for each state.
- Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865
From the St. Louis County Library. Information about this microfilm set which records the recruitment of 5,000+ African Americans who enlisted in Missouri Colored Volunteers during 1863-1865.
- Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Foster includes members from Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Missouri.
- The Fifth Missouri Infantry - C.S.A.
- The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Missouri
- Gratiot Street Prison
Gratiot Street Prison, a Union Civil War prison in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Index of the Civil War in Missouri Links and Resources Available on the Internet
- Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Missouri
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- Missourians in the First World War
History of Missouri participation in World War I 1917-1919.
- The Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
- Missouri in the Civil War 1861-1865
- Missouri Confederate Pension & Home Applications
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents.
- Missouri Volunteer Forces In The Civil War with Federal Service (UNION)
Regiments for Missouri in the Civil War listed with links to detail of battles.
- MoCSA Mailing List
Email Mailing list for the Study of Confederate Military History of Missouri and assisting others in their search for a Confederate Ancestor.
- Sources for Military Records
- St. Louis Pensioners: Pensioners on the Roll, 1883
Nearly 1200 Federal Military Pensioners living in the County or City of St.Louis.
- Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Missouri
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Missouri
- War of 1812 - Missouri Soldiers
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents.
- World War 1 Army Discharge - Missouri
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents.
- World War I Draft Registration Cards for Missouri
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection and finding aids at the library.
- World War I National Guard - Missouri (Service Cards)
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents.
- World War I Navy Discharge - Missouri
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents.
- ABYZ News Links - Missouri - Newspapers and News Sources
- Ancestry.com - Search Newspapers & Periodicals Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
- Footnote.com - Missouri Newspapers
Lewis County Journal, Monroe County Appeal, Press-News Journal. Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- GenealogyBank.com - Historical Newspapers - Missouri
GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.
- Home Town News - Missouri
Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
- Missouri Newspaper Project
- NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | Missouri
- Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - Missouri
- Newspaper Library - State Historical Society of Missouri
Old newspapers on microfilm available for Inter-Library Loan for every Missouri County.
- NewspaperLinks.com - Missouri
- Newspaper Clippings - Kansas City Public Library
In the Special Collections Department. Some are online.
- TheOldenTimes.com: Old Missouri News
Historic newspapers online: births, deaths & marriages, notices, old news, legal notices, recipes & more, all scanned from original issues of 18th-20th century newspapers. Index of names, site search.
- Online Historical Newspapers Website
The purpose of the site is to have links to all online newspapers in one place, listed by county and city. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers.
- OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: Missouri
- ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - Missouri Newspapers
- STLtoday.com ~ St. Louis
- Using Newspapers for Genealogical Research
From the State Historical Society of Missouri.
- The United States Newspaper Program - Missouri
Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
- US Newspaper Links - Missouri Newspapers
- World-newspapers.com - Missouri Newspapers
- Yahoo!...Newspapers...Missouri
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- African American Genealogy Resources: States/Missouri
From Christine's Genealogy Website.
- African-American Resources
From the St. Louis Public Library.
- African Americans in Missouri
Resources for African Americans seeking enslaved ancestors in Missouri. The site offers slave schedules, marriage records, black cemetery listing and a slave database of Missouri slaveowners. Volunteers transcribe data for a varity of much needed resources.
- AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in Missouri
- GEDCOM Index .com - Missouri
Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.
- 'Gone But Not Forgotten' - Missouri Pioneers
- Missouri Blacksheep Ancestors
Directory of links for prison and convict records, court records, executions, famous outlaws, criminals & bandits.
- Missouri's African American History
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Saponi Nation of Missouri, Mahenips Band
Native American refugees of Howell, Ozark and Douglas counties in the Missouri Ozarks. Families of COLLINS, CLINTON, FREEMAN, HICKS, JAMES, JONES, WOOD and others.
- Tribes and Villages of Missouri
- WPA Life Histories from Missouri
Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940, Library of Congress.
Magazines, journals, quarterlies, newsletters, pamplets, leaflets
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
- Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - Missouri
Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Search vintage school annuals, faculty & students,images & names. Upload your own vintage yearbooks so others can discover their ancestral images.
- FamilyOldPhotos.com - Missouri
Old, antique, or vintage photos. User submitted with family history and details.
- Old-Yearbooks.com - Missouri
Old high school & college yearbooks, graduation programs, reunion booklets, class rolls, alumni lists, school photos & memorabilia.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Accelerated Genealogy Research - Professional Genealogists - Missouri
Our directory lists professional genealogists by education, experience, credentials, research specialty, international or U.S. region, and billing rate to help you find the researcher best qualified to find your ancestor.
- Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Residing in Missouri or Specializing in Missouri
- Carpenter Genealogical Services ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
A professional genealogical research group in Salt Lake City specializing in the United States and Western Europe. Our focus is Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Colonial Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Wyoming, Nebraska and African American/Slavery research and slavery in the South. Western European limited to Germany, Switzerland, France, and the Scandanavian countries. Families of note: WINGET, HATHAWAY, AXTELL, CLUTTER, DOUD, LYTLE, BLEHSCHMIDT, EHMAN, HAGGSTROM.
- Entangled Lives: Facing our Slaveholding Past
Genealogical speakers providing a multi-media presentation. While researching their genealogies in Randolph County, Missouri, Pam Smith discovered that her enslaved great great grandfather was actually owned by a member of Ann Neels family.
- Extended Families
A pair of professional genealogists in the Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma area.
- genealogymagazine.com - Genealogical Research Services
Searches available for Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas.
- genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for Western and Mid-Western United States
Including the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
GenTutor Heritage Home Page ~ Kansas City
Genealogy research service, tips & links.
- Grave Finder's Genealogy Researchers
Genealogy Researchers with over 30 years experience. We have access to records for Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. We also have access to some of the records for Iowa, Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia. We are available to take pictures of headstones.
- Memory Lane, Inc.
Pamela Boyer Porter, CGRS is a genealogical researcher, speaker, author, and teacher. She specializes in southeast Missouri, the St. Louis area, migration paths into Missouri, and computer tools for genealogists.
- Midwest & Beyond Genealogical Services
Sharlene K. Miller, CG, St. Joseph, Missouri. Geographic specialty centers on the Midwestern United States including the states from Ohio through Colorado [east to west] and Michigan to Oklahoma [north to south].
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Missouri
A list of volunteers who are willing to help you with your research in this locality.
- stlouisgenealogy.com - Missouri Roots
Patricia Walls Stamm, CGRS, specializing in St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Catholic church records and Missouri research.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Missouri
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- 1890 Genealogical Census Reconstruction: Missouri, Volume 1
A book by Sherida K. Eddlemon.
- 1890 Genealogical Census Reconstruction: Missouri, Volume 2
A book by Sherida K. Eddlemon.
- 1890 Union Veterans Census: Special Enumeration Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War. Missouri Counties: Bollinger, Butler ... ott, Shannon, Stoddard, Washington, and Wayne
A book by Linda L Green.
- Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Missouri
A book by John H. Long.
- A to Z Missouri, The Dictionary of Missouri Place Names
A book by Margot Ford McMillen.
- Death Records from Missouri Newspapers, January 1854 - December 1860
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Death Records from Missouri Newspapers : The Civil War Years, Jan. 1861 - Dec. 1865
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Death Records from Missouri Newspapers, Jan. 1866 - Dec. 1870
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Death Records of Missouri Men, 1808-1854
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Death Records of Pioneer Missouri Women, 1808-1853
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Divorces and Separations in Missouri, 1808-1853
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Early Missouri Ancestors: From Newspapers, 1808-1822
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Early Missouri Ancestors: Newspapers, 1823-1832
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Early Missouri Marriages in the News, 1820-1853
A book by Lois Stanley.
- From Knights to Pioneers: One German Family in Westphalia and Missouri
A book by Anita M. Mallinckrodt.
- Historical Atlas of Missouri
A book by Milton D. Rafferty.
- History of Augusta, Mo., & Its Area, 1850s-1860s
A book by Anita M. Mallinckrodt.
- A History of Missouri: 1673 to 1820
A book by William Earl Parrish.
- A History of Missouri: 1820 to 1860
A book by William Earl Parrish.
- A History of Missouri: 1860 to 1875
A book by William E. Parrish.
- A History of Missouri: 1875 to 1919
A book by William Earl Parrish.
- How They Came: German Immigration from Prussia to Missouri
A book by Anita M. Mallinckrodt.
- Missouri Genealogical Records & Abstracts
A book by Sherida K. Eddlemon.
- Missouri: The Heart of the Nation
A book by William Parrish.
- The Missouri Library Book: A Surprising Guide to the Unusual Special Collections in Libraries Across Our State for Students, Teachers, Writers & Publishers
A book by Carol Marsh.
- Missouri Marriages in the News, 1851-1865
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Missouri Marriages in the News, 1866-1870
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Missouri Taxpayers 1819-1826
A book by Lois Stanley.
- Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names
A book by Robert Ramsay.
- Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar: Missouri Place Names
A book by Margot Ford McMillen.
- Research in Missouri (Special Publication of the National Genealogical Society, No. 65.)
A book by Pamela Boyer Porter.
- Why They Left: German Immigration from Prussia to Missouri
A book by Anita M. Mallinckrodt.
- AncestorSpy - CDs and Microfiche for Missouri
- Arphax Publishing Co. - Home of the Family Maps Land Patent Books
The Family Maps Land Patent Books are published county by county, state by state. Data for each county is compiled from the Federal Land Patents database and displayed in these customized books. All books include a Patent Map and Patent Index for each of the Congressional Townships within the county. Deluxe Editions also include for each Township: a Road Map and a Historical Map, which includes waterways, watercourses & railroads. The Road and Historical Maps also include city-centers and cemeteries that can be found at NationalAtlas.gov. All books contain a separate Surname/Patent Index and a Surname/Township Index to help you dive into the right area of the county to find the location of your ancestor's federal land purchase. Family Maps books are a helpful visual reference tool that makes your federal lands research easier than ever.
- Barbara Green's Used Genealogy Books - Missouri
- Barnette's Family Tree Books - Missouri
- Books We Own - Missouri
Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
- Boyd Publishing Company - Missouri
See their home page for details on placing an order.
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Early Marriage Records in Missouri
Books for sale on pre-1900 marriage records.
- eBay Listings: Search for Missouri Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- Genealogical.com - Missouri
The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
- Hearthstone Legacy Publications
Emphasis on Missouri and Arkansas county history and genealogy including Civil War history. Offers numerous old and scarce to rare Missouri County histories and maps on CD.
- Heritage Books: Missouri
- Higginson Book Company - Missouri
- J & W Enterprises
One stop book source on the Internet, specializing in southern states source material.
- Mountain Press - Missouri
Free Surname Search for hundreds of Missouri genealogy books. Information available for many counties on wills, marriages, deaths, biographies, military, community directories, land claims, civil war, Kentuckians with Missouri Cousins as well as many maps.
- Ozark Books
Supplier of books about the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks, including Branson.
- Quintin Publications | Missouri
- Research in Missouri
A book by Pamela Boyer Porter, CGRS & Ann Carter Fleming, CGRS from Research In the States, a series of the National Genealogical Society.
- SK Publications Census CDs and Books - Missouri
- University of Missouri Press
- Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Missouri
- 'Gone But Not Forgotten' - Missouri Pioneers
- Missouri in the Civil War Message Board
- Missouri Surname Researchers List
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 RootsWeb Surname List - RSL Missouri
The RSL and this form concept & design are courtesy of Karen Isaacson
- SE USA Genealogy Forum on About.com
This forum is primarily for genealogy discussion/research involving the Southeast USA states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia). Post your southern surnames, air your views on issues, ask questions, share research tips or photos, tell us about your personal genealogy site and join in our fun games and contests.
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- African American Cemeteries Online - Missouri
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Brett's Cemetery Photos
Selected photos from Indiana, Kansas, Idaho & Missouri.
- Cemetery Junction: Missouri Cemeteries
A list of links and addresses for cemeteries in the state.
- Cemetery Listings
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Oklahoma. List includes tombstone pictures / photos for: Arkansas (Benton & Carroll County); Colorado (Pueblo County); Kansas (Reno & Wilson County); Missouri (Barry, Jasper, McDonald, & Phelps County); Oklahoma (Alfalfa, Dewey, & Major County).
- Cemetery Photos & Obituaries
Photos of headstones in Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska & Wyoming, as well as obituaries.
- ePodunk - Cemeteries
Listing of cemeteries in the state.
- Find-A-Grave by Location: Missouri
Graves of noteworthy people.
- FSN Funeral Homes - Missouri
- Funeral Services Providers - Missouri
A directory of funeral service providers including funeral homes and cemeteries.
- I Dream of Genealogy - Missouri Cemeteries
- iMortuary.com - Cemetery Directory - Missouri Cemeteries
- iMortuary.com - Funeral Home Directory - Missouri Funeral Homes
- Interment.net: Missouri Cemeteries
Online archive of cemetery transcriptions, with dates and names of people interred in local cemeteries. Also links to related materials online.
- Northwest Missouri Cemeteries
Includes an online searchable database of cemeteries in select counties.
- The Political Graveyard - Cemeteries in Missouri
- Preplanning Network - Funeral Home and Cemetery Directory - Missouri
- Saving Graves - Missouri
- Tombstone Central
Hundreds of Kentucky death certificates and thousands of tombstone photographs from 10 different states.
- USA Funeral Homes Online Directory - Missouri
- US Funerals Online - Missouri
US Funeral Guide & Comprehensive Funeral Homes Directory.
- USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project - Missouri
- AccessGenealogy - Missouri Census Records
Census links for online census research.
- African American Census Schedules Online | Missouri
- Ancestry.com - Missouri Census, 1830-70
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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- Ancestry.com - Missouri Census Indexes 1830-70
Searchable database available by subscription.
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 Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - Missouri
- HeritageQuest - US Federal Census Schedules Available on Microfilm
Digitized images of the complete US Census from 1790 to 1930 for sale on microfilm.
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- Information About Census Records
From the State Historical Society of Missouri.
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestry.com - Missouri Marriages to 1850
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Before the Needles - Missouri
A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in Missouri. Listing includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
- Biographies of Missouri
This is the second volume from this set and contains 351 biographies and photographs of leading men of the first century of history in Missouri (1820-1921).
- The Bureau of Land Management -- Eastern States, General Land Office
The Official Land Patent Records Site. This site has a searchable database of over two million pre-1908 Federal land title records, including scanned images of those records. The Eastern Public Land States covered in this database are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin.
- County Courthouse Addresses
- The Frisco Papers and More
The St. Louis San Francisco Railroad did not make it to California like the name implies. Missouri was its center point. It was better known as "The Frisco". Information relating to employment on the line from 1895 to the 1940s.
- Missouri Case.net - Your Missouri Courts
Criminal Records in the state of Missouri.
- Missouri Confederate Pension & Home Applications
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents.
- Missouri County Courthouses
- Missouri's County Courthouses - Photographs & History
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- Public Records Online
Contact information for Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices.
- Records Room: Missouri Counties, United States
- Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports 1789 1919
Finding aid from the Saint Louis County Public Library.
- SOS, Missouri - World War I Service Cards Database
Transcription of over 145,000 service cards of army and marine soldiers from Missouri between 1917 and 1919.
- St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project: 1802 - 1900
A collaborative project of the Missouri State Archives, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State and the St. Louis Probate Court. Probate files from 1802 to 1900 have been indexed and are available through the online database. To date, cases up to 1865 are digitized and images of the case documents are available for online research.
- War of 1812 - Missouri Soldiers
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents.
- World War 1 Army Discharge - Missouri
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents.
- World War I Draft Registration Cards for Missouri
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection and finding aids at the library.
- World War I National Guard - Missouri (Service Cards)
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents.
- World War I Navy Discharge - Missouri
From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents.
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for Missouri
Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
- Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- City of St. Louis Department of Health
Provides ordering information, availability and costs.
- Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910
Online searchable databases from the State Archives.
- Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 1955
Online searchable database from the State Archives. Searchable by by first & last name, county, & by year & month. Some scanned images of the certificates are available for viewing.
- Missouri Department of Health - Obtaining Certified Copies of Vital Records
Provides ordering information, costs, and availability for copies of birth and death certificates.
- MO Death Index
Deaths and burials in Missouri.
- MyVitalRec.com - Missouri Vital Records
Information for ordering by mail or online: birth, death, marriage or divorce.
- VitalChek Network - Missouri
- vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Missouri
Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
- Vital Records US - Missouri Vital Records
Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.
- Where to Write for Vital Records - Missouri
From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
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