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 == History ==
-French lead miners started a settlement in Missouri in 1735. France ceded this area to Spain in 1763. Spain built New Madrid in 1789 near the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and this area was ceded to back to France in 1800. France sold the Missouri area to the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 607. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
+French lead miners started a settlement in Missouri in 1735. Although French settlers stayed in the area, in 1763, France ceded the area to Spain, who in 1800 ceded it back to France. Missouri was sold to the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 607. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
 ==Eclesiastical Records and Sources==