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==Online Records==
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/707913?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''1766-1993'''- Church records. Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France]. Some are digitized and some are only available on microfilm.
== History ==
== History ==
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>
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>


==Sources for Ecclesiastical Records==
==Resources==
===Ecclesiastical Records===
'''Catholic Church'''
'''Catholic Church'''
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/707913?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France.''Church Records, 1766-1993]. Some are digitized and some are only available on microfilm.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/42493?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Catholic Baptisms, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1765-1840''] (Saint Louis: Saint Louis Genealogical Society, 1982). In print and on microfilm.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/42493?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Catholic Baptisms, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1765-1840''] (Saint Louis: Saint Louis Genealogical Society, 1982). In print and on microfilm.
*''History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis: In Its Various Stages of Development from A.D. 1673 to 1928'' by John Ernest Rothensteiner. 2 Vols. (Saint Louis: Blackwell Wielandy, 1928) [https://archive.org/details/historyofarchdio01roth Vol. 1], [https://archive.org/details/historyofarchdio02roth Vol. 2].
*''History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis: In Its Various Stages of Development from A.D. 1673 to 1928'' by John Ernest Rothensteiner. 2 Vols. (Saint Louis: Blackwell Wielandy, 1928) [https://archive.org/details/historyofarchdio01roth Vol. 1], [https://archive.org/details/historyofarchdio02roth Vol. 2].


==Sources for Civil Records==
===Civil Records===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/219814?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''French and Spanish Archives, 1766-1816''] by Saint Louis Archival Library. (Saint Louis: City of Saint Louis, 1962). Digitized but not indexed.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/219814?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''French and Spanish Archives, 1766-1816''] by Saint Louis Archival Library. (Saint Louis: City of Saint Louis, 1962). Digitized but not indexed.
*''Record Books, 1795-1808; Index to French and Spanish Land Grants, 1795-1812'' by Louisiana Territory, Recorder of Land Titles. (Jefferson City: State of Missouri, 1970, film 0984777).
*''Record Books, 1795-1808; Index to French and Spanish Land Grants, 1795-1812'' by Louisiana Territory, Recorder of Land Titles. (Jefferson City: State of Missouri, 1970, film 0984777).
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