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Missouri Area Key to Genealogical Records
Introduction
One of the necessary tasks for all family history researcher is to learn about the
history and the records for the States and Counties where their ancestors lived.
My mother called this developing an "Area Key". In other words you need to know
the territory. This page represents what I have located for an Area Key for Missouri
so far.
Area Keys
need to contain a little history, how the area began to be settled and
organized, beginning dates of counties and parent
counties, maps, a list of towns,
information about the state records including when various types of records such
as vital records began to be kept, a list of repositories
such as archives, libraries, and internet sources that contain records,
publications and databases for the state and how we can gain access to them, and
other statewide collections such as for church organizations and lineage
societies.
If you have ancestors in Missouri, you would be wise to
make this make this Area Key one of your favorites so you can come back often. I
hope you will find these pages helpful in locating your ancestors.
Sincerely, Donna K. Clark
Missouri
Statewide Genealogy Publications
Missouri became a territory in 1812
and a state in 1821.
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Missouri
Biography
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pub. 1899
Five famous Missourians: authentic biographical sketches of Samuel L. Clemens, Richard P. Bland, Champ Clark, James M. Greenwood,
and Joseph O. Shelby
 - online at Ancestry.com |
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The following census links at Ancestry.com
take you to the page where you can enter your ancestor's name and search
for that ancestor. To search the original census page by page, scroll down
to the bottom, click on the desired state, then county, and then township. |
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1830 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1840 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1840
Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1840 - online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 United States Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850-1860 United States Mortality Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1860 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1860 United States Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1870 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1880 U. S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1890 United States Veteran Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1900 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1910 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1920 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1930 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
Missouri
Church
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pub. 1888
Historical and biographical sketches of the early churches and pioneer preachers of the
Christian Church in Missouri
- online at Ancestry.com |
Missouri
Directory
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1889
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.
- online at Ancestry.com |
Missouri
Genealogies
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pub. 1984
Early Missourians and Kin: A Genealogical Compilation of Inter-Related
Early Missouri Settlers, Their Ancestors, Descendants, and other King
- CD by Heritage Books |
Missouri
History
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pub. 1888
The states and territories of the great West: including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota [sic], Kansas and Nebraska
- online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1935
A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri
- online at Ancestry.com |
Missouri
Land
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1864-1918
United States County Land Ownership Atlases, c. 1864-1918
- online at Ancestry.com |
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MISSOURI
USGenWeb for Linn County, Missouri
 - free online at RootsWeb
USGenWeb in an organization that has volunteer
web masters for nearly very state and county of the United Sates. Each web
master designs their own site. Many place transcribed records. This is a
wonderful service. I have found many ancestors using these web sites. |
WORLD-WIDE
www.FamilySearch.org - free index
online by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The largest collection of genealogy records is in Salt
Lake City, Utah. Their web site includes a free index to an online database
currently called the Ancestral File and other major collections including
the 1880 US Census and the 1881 United Kingdom Census.
The web site also
contains an online catalog to their massive genealogy collection. Local,
state, and country records have been gathered throughout the world. Individual lists of
United States statewide records can be viewed online
including one for
Missouri. If the record has been microfilmed it can be rented and viewed
at a Family History Center near you. Hours and addresses are available on
the Find
a Family History Center Near You web page. Access is open to everyone. |
WORLD-WIDE
Missouri State Database
- online at Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com began gathering, indexing, and placing
genealogical records on the internet in the 1990's. Their collection not
includes thousands of genealogical records and publications. Compared to
how much they have and what you pay, the cost is reasonable. It is a great
pleasure to find your ancestors in their databases. And now with their
Free Family Tree that you
can establish on their site, their search engine can and will Search Billions of Names at Ancestry.com.
All you have to do is enter a few names and a few dates and your on your
way to discovering your ancestors. It is so easy, it is just plain fun. |
Missouri
Maps
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1895
1895 United States Atlas (Missouri map) - free online |
2000
Missouri State Map Collection - free online at geology.com
This page shows county outlines, elevations, rivers
with names, a political map showing 15 county names, and a road map with
the numbers of major highways. |
Missouri
Military
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1917-1918
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Can search by given name, even middle name)
- online at Ancestry.com |
Missouri
Vital
Records
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1766-1981
Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas Marriage Index
 - online at Ancestry.com |
Early - 1840
Missouri Marriages Before 1840
 - book listed
at Ancestry.com |
1937-present
United States Social Security Death Index
- free online at RootsWeb |
Towns and Cities in Missouri
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B
Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, USA
C
Calhoun, Henry, Missouri, USA
Chesterfield, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, USA
Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA
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Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, USA
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Kansas City, Platte, Missouri, USA
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Manchester, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Marshall, Saline, Missouri, USA
R
Rolla, Phelps, Missouri, USA
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St. Louis City, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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