Mercer County, Missouri

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Hello:
My Name is Martha and I am your guide to Genealogical and Historical resources for Mercer County.
I do not live in Missouri, but have roots deep in her soil.
I am an excellent online Researcher and might be able to assist
in locating that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'.
I can be contacted via email: Please use this link.


Table of Contents
History ~ Pioneers ~ Native American's ~ Biography ~ What's New ~ Maps ~ Lookups & Queries
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries
Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Family Search ~ Odds and Ends
New Site>> "Missouri Meanderings" ~ Eclectic Missouri resources to enhance your GenWeb Experience [Off Site]

Search Mercer County
Mercer County Neighbors:
Putnam ~ Sullivan ~ Grundy ~ Harrison [Missouri] and Decatur, IA

History ~ Pioneers and Native American's~ Biography ~ What's New ~ Maps ~ Lookups & Queries

History  ~  Books  ~  Biography

Mercer County History: Wiki ~ John Francis Mercer

"Reminiscences Of The Bench and Bar of Missouri"
With an Appendix
Containing Biographical Sketches...
By: W V N Bay
St Louis
F H Thomas and Company: 1878
Please use this Link for all Files: Index, Appendix, Split out Pages

"The Bench and Bar Of
St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City
and Other Missouri Cities"
Biographical Sketches With Steel Engraved Portraits
St Louis and Chicago:
American Biographical Publishing Company
H C Cooper Jr & Co., Proprietors, 1884
Please use this Link for the Index : Split Out Pages

Note:
Of the Three new Books Listed, the one below is the only one with Mercer Folk.
But... Be sure and check the other's for Ancestors ~ Just in Case"


"History of the Bench and Bar of Missouri
With Reminiscences of the ..."
A J D Stewart, Editor
Illustrated
St Louis, Mo
The Legal Publishing Company: 1898
Press of Little & Becker Printing Co.,
St Louis, MO.
Please use this Link for the Index : Split Out Pages


"Roger's Souvenir History of Mercer County"

Chapters of Specific Interest:
Please Use This Link for items listed below: Scroll to Mercer, Books, Rogers, 1911
Casualties ~ Crime ~ Obituaries ~ Biographies
There are Indexes for each section mentioned above

The Roger's Book is available on Family Search and is available as a Digital Book. Use This Link
If the Link does not work, Log into your FS Account First.

"History of Harrison & Mercer Counties"
The Goodspeed Publishing Company: St Louis & Chicago, 1888
[Mercer County, Biographical Section]

Mercer County, Historical Atlas, 1877 ~ Mercer County 1974 Directory
and...
The Folks over at Genealogy Trails have a nice set of biographical pages for Missouri: Please use this Link.

"Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography "
by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Publication date 1900 
'Wiki Review' ~ Archive.org [All Volumes]


Native American Tribes of Missouri


'Gone but Not Forgotton: Missouri Pioneers' ~ Missouri First Families
A History of The Pioneer Families of Missouri, 1876
Missouri County History Project
Mercer County, Assessor's Office ~ 1930 Plat Book, Mercer County

Mercer County Neighbors:
Putnam ~ Sullivan ~ Grundy ~ Harrison [Missouri] and Decatur, IA

Remember that folks traveled, please check our neighbors
for information that might be of value to you in your research.

A word of explanation about the Indexes on this page:
Most of them have document images available.
The indexes were gleaned from FamilySearch and will have dates of creation or update at the top.


With Thanks to Jean for asking about Social Media for posting photos...

The Mercer County Genealogical Society has a FaceBook Page...
Please Use This Link.

>>>What's New<<<
Medical directories:

"Medical and Surgical Directory
of The United States"
R L Polk & Co, Publishers,
Here are the pages for 1886

"Medical and Surgical Register
of The United States"
R L Polk, Publishers,
Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago
Here are the pages for 1890

Also Included is the following collection of data:
Officers Of the Medical Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards.
Medical Corps of the United States Navy
Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service.
Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards.
Here are the Military Pages for 1886 and 1890

Note:
There are more Medical Registers: Scroll Down
'Polk's medical register and directory of North America'
by R.L. Polk, Publishers
There are quite a few:
Years: 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1917


Missouri Maps
Maps from the MO Historical Society
The American Civil War in Missouri
Digitized Newspapers from the Civil War Era
Plat Maps ~ Digital Library of Missouri
Interactive Atlas ~ David Rumsey Collection
Note: The Rumsey Collection now has a 'Text Search Function for their Maps
Missouri State & Regional Maps ~ "Route 66"
"Map Geeks" State & Township Maps ~ Getty Geographical Thesaurus
Bureau of Land Management ~ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Scroll Down]
USGS Maps for Missouri ~ Missouri State & Regional Maps
Historical Maps ~ Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles ~ Surveyor's Base Maps
Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps
MapGoose [Interactive Mapping]
Family Search: Land Records
Missouri Property Records Search
And... Google Earth Pro [Download Link]


Lookups & Queries

Queries: Please use this link to post to the
New Mail List for Mercer County

There are no Current Volunteers. Mercer County, Please contact Martha

But, that said I am available for Lookups:
I have access to the Library Edition of My Heritage
 Collections
Census & Voter Lists ~ Histories, Memories & Biographies ~ Birth, Marriage & Death
Public Records ~ Schools & Universities ~ Directories, Guides & References
Maps ~ Immigration & Travel ~ Books & Publications
Military ~ Newspapers ~ Family Trees ~ Photos ~ Government, Land, Court & Wills
Kansas City Star [1 Mar 2013 > Current]

and
Access to the following Subscription
Databases [Library Editions]
HeritageHub [Includes NewsBank]
Los Angeles Times ~ New York Times
For more Info and Contents ~ Contact Martha


and
'History Hub' = New Lookup Service ~ Search for Living People: Zaba Search ~ RAOGK
Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies and [Research Requests]
The above list has local resources, web pages and information that may help with research.
MO Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections

The Fine Print"
Mercer Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
The MOGenWeb State Coordinator is Mel Owings
The Asst. State Coordinator is Lea Robertson

Information contained on all of the pages within the Mercer portion of the MOGenWeb may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes. Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due: Any and all donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator. If any person who donates material in the future and wishes to have it returned to them, it will be accomplished upon request.
Site Updated: 22 August 2024

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