Missouri

Missouri Online Resources and Databases (MO state archives): http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/ordb.asp
and Coroner's Inquest Database: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/coroners/

Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - World War I: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/

Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/

State Historical Society of Missouri: http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/

Missouri State Census records surviving:

1840 New Madrid, Newton, Pike, Randolph, Ray, *Rives (later Henry), Shelby, Stoddard, and Warren
1844 Callaway, Greene
1856 Audrain
1868 Cape Girardeau
1876 Atchison, Benton, Butler, Callaway, *Cape Girardeau, Christian, Daviess, Franklin, Gasconade, Greene, *Holt, *Howard, *McDonald, Madison, Moniteau, Montgomery, *Osage, Perry, Phelps, *Reynolds, Ripley, St. Francois, Stone, Texas, Webster, and Worth
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*Has been published, indexed, or both. The originals returns were filed with the Clerks of the County Courts.

Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies (by county): http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/links.asp

Missouri Old Newspapers: http://www.umkc.edu/lib/gen-info/00collec.htm#mnp

University of Missouri Digital Library: http://tinyurl.com/ytkxj

St. Louis County Library Genealogy: http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/

Indexes to Register of Births, St. Louis County, Missouri 1883-1895; Stillbirths, St. Louis County, Missouri 1883-1908; Fifty Years on the Mississippi (many Riverboat Captains); Immanuel Lutheran Church Records (St. Louis, MO); St. Louis Enlistees Extracted from Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 (Regular Army) - 1855; St. Louis, MO Naturalization Index 51,000+ Names; History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis

MOGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogenweb/mo.htm

Almost 10,000 Missouri links at Linkpendium: http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/MO/


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