MOGenWeb Resource Site
This Page will contain various Resources from Online Web Sites.
This first Section will be for the various portions of the FamilySearch Web Site
All of the information is freely available with a free account.
Use this link to sign up for an Account
Family Search Collections
Family Search continues to add Resources to their "Collections"
They can be overwhelming to start, but are worth diving into.
Here is the Link for all of the Collections for Missouri
FamilySearch Historical Images for Missouri
For Access: Log into your FS Account
FS WebSite, Search [Drop Down] Images
Items Include: Records / Resources
Census ~ Church ~ Court & Naturalization ~ Marriages ~ Biographies & History ~ Appraisals
Probate & Estate ~ Business ~ Residence ~ Guardianship ~ Deeds ~ Wills ~ Cemetery
Land & Survey ~ Draft & Enlistments ~ Migration ~ Tax
Here is a Tutorial on how to Search St Louis County Medical Examiner/Coroner Records
Here is a Site that explains the records, a way to search them. Video Included
Here is an article on 'How to search the Catalog
Family Search Collections Link to all of the Collections for the United States
The FamilySearch Folk continue to add records to their collections.
It is worth your time to check them out
Books, Magazines and Census Films
There are many Digital Repositories of both historical and current publications
Missouri State Historical Society ~ Archive.org ~ Google Books [Advanced Search]
Library of Congress ~ National Archives [Genealogy] "Searching the Archive.org Site" - Tutorial
FamilySearch: Books ~ This section is a bit tricky to search, but it is worthwhile.
There are a lot of Family Histories and Publications which are County specific.
Access: Sign into your FS Account, Search [Drop Down] Books
Here is a 'Sample'"Known Descendants of Daniel Crider, Senior"
3rd Edition, 1988 ~ The Book is 92 mbTypes of Books with Family Information
Biographies ~ Bench and Bar ~ Medical Journals ~ Who's Who
Digitized MO County Histories:
Please Use This Link ~ Thank you Linda!Samples:
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Appleton Review ~ Archive.org [All Volumes]and
"Who's what and why in Missouri : library of American lives" ;
A reference edition recording the biographies of contemporary leaders in MissouriHistorical Record Association
Hopkinsville, Kentucky: 1959
There is no Index ~ Biographies are Alpha Organized
Family Search: Book Sectionand
"History of the Bench and Bar of Missouri
With Reminiscences of the ..."
Please use this Link for the Index ~ Read Online or Downloadand
"The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States"
Edited By:
William B Atkinson, M D: Author of "Hints in the Obstertic Procedure," etc...
Philadelphia: Charles Robson, 1878
There are three Indexes, "Alpha", "Local" & "Analytical" The two most useful are Alpha and Local
The Indexes are Here
The Book can be read online or downloaded.
Free Digital Newspapers
Three new Sites: History Hub ~ Century Past ~ Boston Public Library ~ Purdue University
Morse Institute Library ~ Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection ~ Free Daily Newspapers [Wiki]
HeritageHub is available within local Public Library Resources with a Library Card.
This is a wonderful resource for old and new Obituaries. New Newspapers are added regularly
Topical Resources
Genealogical and Historical Research involves a wide variety Questions.We begin with what might be obvious and gravitate to the obscure.
The 'Obvious Records' are those which give us Vital Information:
B ~ M ~ D's [Birth, Marriage, Death]
The basic Free Resources for Vital Records are these Sites:
Missouri Digital Heritage [Birth - Death] ~ Missouri Marriage & Divorces
Missouri Historical Society ~ Family Search ~ Reclaim the Records
Find ~ A ~ Grave [Missouri] ~ People Legacy ~ Interment.net
Census Records [Family Search ~ Archive.org ~ National Archives]The Missouri Digital Heritage Site has Coroner Records: Use This LInk
Family Search has Coroner and Medical Examiner Records for these Missouri Counties:
Madison ~ Ste Genevieve ~ St Louis [Historical Images - Sign in for access] Then use this link.
Missouri Death Certificates: 1910 - 1974
Missouri Funeral Records ~ Family Search Historical Images
"Odds that include Vital Data"
Naturalization Records have Vital Data within the Documents
Below is a list of Films that are free to view and download: Family Search Catalog
FS Catalog: Naturalization Resources
FS Catalog: Generic Missouri Searches
Missouri Pioneers ~ Family Histories [Includes County Histories] ~ Genealogies [Catalog]
Locations where our Ancestors might have lived.
Missouri Spatial Data Information Service ~ City Driectories [Missouri]
Historical Maps
Missouri Digitized Plat Maps
Historical Atlas' for Missouri [Family Search]
Historical Maps: Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles ~ Surveyor's Base Maps
Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps
Residential Genealogy: Maps & Buildings
MapGoose And Google Earth Pro [Download Link]Census Records: Ideal for finding out where they were and when ~ Enumeration District Maps
Church Records: FS Catalog
There are hundreds of Resources: Here are links broken down by Time Frame
1700's ~ 1800's ~ 1900's ~ 2000's
Legal Records: Deeds ~ Wills ~ Probate's
Family Search ~ Catalog / Land & Property [Scroll down]
Family Search ~ Historical Images / Property ~ Deeds ~ Land
Military Service ~ Militia, Infantry and Cavalry Records
FamilySearch
Military records, 1861-1866
Register of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Missouri
Volumes: 1901- 1903, 1904-1906, 1907-1909, 1910-1912
Some of the Registers list the Genealogical Lineage of the MembersSearch: DAR - GAR ~ SAR [Note: Thses Sites have Records.
National Archives: Pensions, Veteran's Records
Miscellaneous Military Records
Family Search has a large collection of Civil War Records for Missouri ~ Please use this link
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers: FS Catalog, Many Records
US Army Cemeteries [Missouri]
Iowa Armed Forces Grave Registrations [Wiki Explanation & Links]
Missouri Confederate Records
U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, FS Catalog, Many Resources
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications: FS Catalog
Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916 [FS]
The above set of files is very interesting. There are thousands of records.
US Military Hospitals: FS Catalog, Nice Collection of Data
"Soldiers of the Great War" [Vol 2~ MO] [Nice pictures]
Military Databases: Family Search [Database Chart]
Military Digitized Films in the National Archives
NARA Films: National Archives ~ NARA Films: Family Search [Wiki with Links]
The 'Works of Sherman Lee Pompey"
In the 1960's and 1970's, a Gentleman named Sherman Lee Pompey did a lot of Military Research:
Most of his works can be found in the FS Catalog: The focus seems to surround the Civil War.
Here is a list of his works, use it to find items of interest in the FS Catalog
Last Topical ResourceCrime and Punishment: Prison Records
Pennsylvania Prison Records
Missouri State Penitentiary: 1836 - 1931 [Search]
Online Explanation of the Prison and Records
Court Martial's ~ Confederate Prisoners ~ Union Soldier Executions [FS Catalog]
Film 2406002 - Court-martial papers, Record Group no. 133,Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, 1862-1877
FS: Documents and Records - Explanation and Image Charts
Explanation: How to Access
LDS Films: 2407222 ~ 2406002 ~ 2405919 ~ 2405920: Index
United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
Proceedings of U.S. Army courts-martial and military commissions of
Union soldiers executed by U.S. military authorities, 1861-1866
Prison Record Databases [FS Chart]
San Quentin ~ Folsom Prison ~ Mc Neil Island ~ Yuma Territorial Prison"Professional Criminals of America"
By: Thomas Byrnes
Inspector of Police and Chief of Detectives: New York City
Cassell & Company, Limited
739 & 741 Broadway, New York
Copyright, 1886 By Thomas Brynes
The Addenda and Index begin on Page 412
Read Online or Download [FS]
Odds and Ends
School Records [Census] ~ Family Search Historical Images
Generic War Records & Miscellaney
Compiled records of military units in volunteer Confederate organizations
Collection of compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations
Collection of records of the field offices for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
"Reclaim the Records": Missouri Vital Records [Birth Indexes]
Birth Indexes:
1910 ~ 1919 ~ 1920 ~ 1929 ~ 1930 ~ 1939 ~ 1940 ~ 1949
1950 ~ 1959 ~ 1960 ~ 1969 ~ 1970 - 1979 ~ 1980 ~ 1989
1990 ~1999 ~ 2000 ~ 2009 ~ 2010 ~ 2015 ~ 2016 ~ 2019
2020 ~ 2021
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