Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Tuesday's Tip: Check Out Missouri Records on FamilySearch.org

This week;'s Tuesday's Tip is:  Check out the Missouri record collections on FamilySearch.org.

Missouri is one of those states that many migrants passed through or settled in, so I'm very interested in the online resources available for the state, several counties, and the towns where my ancestors resided.

The Missouri page on the FamilySearch Research Wiki discusses the history of the state, lists the counties, and the state resources available.




By clicking on the light green button titled "Missouri Online Records" the reader can see all of the Online Records available on many genealogy websites:



There are 12 record collections for Missouri in the FamilySearch Record Collections at present (type "missouri" in the search field at the top of the left-hand frame as shown below):



The 12 record collections for Missouri include:

*  Missouri, Births and Christenings, 1827-1935, 66,660 indexed records, updated 05 Dec 2013
*  Missouri, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, 348,259 indexed records, updated 05 Dec 2013
*  Missouri, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, 2,099,748 indexed records, updated 06 Dec 2013
*  Missouri, Cole County Circuit Court Case Files, 1820-1926, Browse Images, updated 03 Jan 2014

*  Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications, Browse Images, updated 23 Dec 2013
*  Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1802-1969, 158,956 indexed records, updated 13 Feb 2014
*  Missouri, County Naturalization Records, 1883-1927, Browse Images, updated 24 Dec 2013
*  Missouri, Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976, 39,437 indexed records, updated 05 Dec 2013

*  Missouri, Jackson County Voter Registration Records, 1928-1956, Browse Images, updated 24 Dec 2013
*  Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920, 473,531 indexed records, updated 05 Dec 2013
*  Missouri, Probate Records, 1800-1959, Browse Images, updated 30 Oct 2013
*  Missouri, State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1876, Browse Images, updated 12 Feb 2014

The collections with "Browse images" are not indexed, but they are waypointed into sections such as County, record type, volume number, etc.  In general, these collections were digitized from microfilm images. 

As always, check the list of historical record collections occasionally to see if more record collections have been added or updated. 

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Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

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