Genealogy

Databases

• Heritage Quest [1]
  Search the US census 1790-1930, selected Revolutionary War Records, a variety of local and family histories plus articles of interest to genealogy researchers.
• Ancestry.com Library Edition [2]
  Available for in-library use only.
• Show-Me the World Interlibrary Loan [3]
  Search for print or microfilm indexes, county histories, newspaper microfilm, family histories etc. in libraries, archives and historical societies throughout the United States.

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Guides to Getting Started

• About.com: Genealogy [4]
• Genealogy Learning Center [5]
• LDS Family Search.org [6]

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Birth, Marriage & Death Records

• Boone County Records [7]
  Certified copies of marriage licenses are available from the Recorder of Deeds in the county where the license was obtained. The Boone County Recorder of Deeds has an online search for marriage licenses issued since 1985.
• Callaway County Records [8]
  Contact the Recorder's Office for marriage and death certificates.
• Columbia/Boone County Health Department [9]
  Obtain copies of birth certificates from Missouri birth records 1920 to the present and copies of death certificates from Missouri death records from 1980 to the current year.
• Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910 [10]
  From the Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, this searchable database contains over 185,000 abstracts of the birth, stillbirth and death records recorded before 1910.
• Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1957 [11]
  From the Missouri Office of the Secretary of State Archives, this database is an incomplete, but ongoing project.
• Missouri Vital Records [12]
  Request certified copies of Missouri births, death, marriage and divorce records from the Department of Health and Senior Services Bureau of Vital Records.
• Online Death Indexes [13]
  A directory of online death indexes by state and county.
• Public Records by State [14]
  The Council of State Archivists has links to the state archives and public records of each state.
• Social Security Death Index (SSDI) [15]
  The SSDI provides a list of every person who has died since 1962.
• State Historical Society of Missouri Newspaper Search [16]
  Request copies of birth, death and marriage notices found in Missouri newspapers (fee charged per request).
• Vital Records by State [17]
  The National Center for Health Statistics has links to Vital Records websites for each state.

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Cemetery, Obituary & Tombstone Records

(See also database links at the top.)

• NewsBank [18]
  Full-text articles from over 600 American newspapers including the Kansas City Star and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Updated daily.
• African American Cemeteries Online [19]
  Tombstone transcriptions are submitted by volunteers and organized by state.
• Callaway County Cemetery Records Index [20]
  Indexed by the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society.
• Cemetery Junction [21]
  Directory of cemeteries in the United States, Canada and Australia.
• Missouri Newspaper Search [22]
  Search for obituaries and death notices in a number of digitized Missouri newspapers including The Columbia Missourian for the years 1929, 1966-1985.
• National Gravesite Locator [23]
  Search for the burial location of veterans and their family members in VA National cemeteries, state veteran's cemeteries, other military and Dept. of Interior cemeteries and veterans buried in private cemeteries with a government grave marker.
• The Tombstone Transcription Project -- Boone County [24]
• The Tombstone Transcription Project -- Callaway County [25]

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Census

(See also database links at the top, particularly Ancestry.com [2].)

• Census Finder [26]
  Free online census records for the U.S. including Native America, Canada, UK and other parts of Europe.
• The National Archives Census of Ireland 1901 & 1911 [27]

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Judicial, Military & Land Records

(See also database links at the top.)

• Civil War Research [28]
  Information from the National Parks Service on obtaining service and pension records for both Union and Confederate soldiers.
• Land Records [29]
  The Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office site provides access to more than three million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908.
• Military Personnel Records [30]
  Military personnel health and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services during the 20th century. (Records prior to WW1 are in the National Archives [31], Washington D.C.)
• Missouri Judicial, Land and Military Records [32]
  Judicial records, land records including the Missouri Land Patents Database, military records, penitentiary records and many other collections relating to state history.
• National Archives [33]
  Describes the military records holdings of the National Archives with guidelines on how to use records for genealogy research.

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Immigration Records

(See also database links at the top.)

• Castle Garden [34]
  America's first immigration center has free access to a database of information on 10 million immigrants who entered the United States 1830-1892.
• Ellis Island [35]
  Search passenger records for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island from 1892-1924.
• Passenger Arrival Records [36]
  A volunteer-based project to transcribe passenger arrival records.
• Naturalization Indexes [37]
  Searchable naturalization indexes and records organized by state. Some require payment.

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Organizations

• Boone County Historical Society [38]
  The Society operates the Boone County Historical Museum and partners with the City of Columbia to manage Maplewood as an historic house museum.
• Genealogical Society of Central Missouri [39]
  Maintains an index of Boone County Cemeteries and other sources for Boone County history.
• Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society [40]
  Documents the history and development of Callaway County with links to areas of historic interest and articles on famous local individuals, places and events.
• LDS Family History Center [41]
  4708 Highland Parkway, Columbia, MO 65203, 573-443-2048
• Missouri State Archives [42]
  The official repository for state records of permanent and historical value.
• Missouri State Genealogical Association [43]
  Click on "MO Research" for statewide history and genealogy links.
• National Archives & Records Administration [44]
  Only a small percentage of the National Archives' collection is available for research online. NARA microfilm may be located and borrowed through an interlibrary loan request [3].
• State Historical Society of Missouri [45]
  The main historical research and genealogical library in the state is active in preserving and making the history of the state accessible to its citizens. Find research request information. [46]

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Other Helpful Websites

• African American Ancestry [47]
  Devoted to African American Genealogy with links to related sites including the DNA Ancestry Project.
• Cyndi's List [48]
  A huge compendium of worldwide genealogy and family history websites.
• DistantCousin: City Directories [49]
  Free online archive of city directory records and scanned images.
• FamilySearch.org [50]
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a large, free searchable archive.
• USGenWeb Archives [51]
  This huge, free cooperative project is a place where volunteers share their own research. It is organized by state (Missouri [52]) and county level (Boone [53], Callaway [54]).

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