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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
''' | '''Email:''' [mailto:webmanager@mosga.org webmanager@mosga.org] <br> | ||
'''Mailing Address:''' | '''Mailing Address:''' | ||
{{Block indent|P.O. Box 833<br>Columbia, MO 65205-0833<br><br>}} | |||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The '''Missouri State Genealogical Association (MoSGA)''' sponsors events, conferences, the Missouri First Families certificates program, newsletters, a blog, MoSGA's ''Journal'', researchers, speakers, research links, and annual awards.<ref>[http://www.mosga.org/index.php Home] in ''Missouri State Genealogical Association'' (accessed 1 March 2016).</ref> | The '''Missouri State Genealogical Association (MoSGA)''' sponsors events, conferences, the Missouri First Families certificates program, newsletters, a blog, MoSGA's ''Journal'', researchers, speakers, research links, and annual awards.<ref>[http://www.mosga.org/index.php Home] in ''Missouri State Genealogical Association'' (accessed 1 March 2016).</ref> Their library collection is part of the [[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]] in Independence MO.<ref>[http://mosga.org/cpage.php?pt=12 Library Program] in ''Missouri State Genealogical Association'' (accessed 13 March 2014).</ref> | ||
=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||
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*[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]], Independence, a great American genealogy collection: censuses, MO federal land sales, penitentiary, St. Louis fur trade, Civil War, passenger lists, plantations, American Indians, city directories, newspapers, [[Draper Manuscript Collection|Draper Manuscripts]], and KY taxes.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 67. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> <ref name="MGCAbout">[http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm About the Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref><br> | *[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]], Independence, a great American genealogy collection: censuses, MO federal land sales, penitentiary, St. Louis fur trade, Civil War, passenger lists, plantations, American Indians, city directories, newspapers, [[Draper Manuscript Collection|Draper Manuscripts]], and KY taxes.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 67. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> <ref name="MGCAbout">[http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm About the Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref><br> | ||
*[[National Archives at Kansas City]] federal censuses 1790–1930; selected military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, photos, adoptions, vital records, land, and Indian records. | *[[National Archives at Kansas City]] federal censuses 1790–1930; selected military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, photos, adoptions, vital records, land, and Indian records. | ||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[St. Louis County Library]], a Missouri collection including the [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org National Genealogical Society], and [http://www.stlgs.org St. Louis Genealogical Society] collections, online databases, federal censuses, births, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, African American records, and yearbooks. | *[[St. Louis County Library]], a Missouri collection including the [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org National Genealogical Society], and [http://www.stlgs.org St. Louis Genealogical Society] collections, online databases, federal censuses, births, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, African American records, and yearbooks. | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
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*[http://www.countyoffice.org/mo-boone-county-medical-coroner/ Boone County Medical Examiner], Columbia, suspicious deaths. | *[http://www.countyoffice.org/mo-boone-county-medical-coroner/ Boone County Medical Examiner], Columbia, suspicious deaths. | ||
*[https://www.showmeboone.com/recorder/ Boone County Recorder of Deeds], Columbia, has marriage, and land records since 1821<ref name="HBG229" /> <ref>Eichholz, 383 and 393.</ref> and military discharges. | *[https://www.showmeboone.com/recorder/ Boone County Recorder of Deeds], Columbia, has marriage, and land records since 1821<ref name="HBG229" /> <ref>Eichholz, 383 and 393.</ref> and military discharges. | ||
*[[Columbia Missouri | *[[Columbia Missouri FamilySearch Center]] has [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and can offer research guidance. | ||
*[http://www.dbrl.org/reference/subject-guides/genealogy Daniel Boone Regional Library], Columbia, has Ancestry.com, Heritage Quest Online, key Internet links, guides, and how-to-find births, marriages, and deaths. | *[http://www.dbrl.org/reference/subject-guides/genealogy Daniel Boone Regional Library], Columbia, has Ancestry.com, Heritage Quest Online, key Internet links, guides, and how-to-find births, marriages, and deaths. | ||
*[http://boonecomogen.org/ Genealogical Society of Boone County and Central Missouri], Columbia, join, events, library, indexes, area deaths, ''GSCM Journal'', bios, cemeteries, surnames, pioneers, and museum. | *[http://boonecomogen.org/ Genealogical Society of Boone County and Central Missouri], Columbia, join, events, library, indexes, area deaths, ''GSCM Journal'', bios, cemeteries, surnames, pioneers, and museum. | ||
*[[State Historical Society of Missouri]], Columbia, census, maps, newspapers, online tools, oral history, photos, historical manuscripts, and reference materials. | *[[State Historical Society of Missouri]], Columbia, census, maps, newspapers, online tools, oral history, photos, historical manuscripts, and reference materials. | ||
*[http://www.mow.uscourts.gov/locations.html#jc U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri], Jefferson City, recent federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy court records. | *[http://www.mow.uscourts.gov/locations.html#jc U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri], Jefferson City, recent federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy court records. | ||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Audrain County, Missouri|Audrain]], [[Callaway County, Missouri|Callaway]], [[Cole County, Missouri|Cole]], [[Cooper County, Missouri|Cooper]], [[Howard County, Missouri|Howard]], [[Moniteau County, Missouri|Moniteau]], and [[Randolph County, Missouri|Randolph]]. | *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Audrain County, Missouri|Audrain]], [[Callaway County, Missouri|Callaway]], [[Cole County, Missouri|Cole]], [[Cooper County, Missouri|Cooper]], [[Howard County, Missouri|Howard]], [[Moniteau County, Missouri|Moniteau]], and [[Randolph County, Missouri|Randolph]]. | ||
*[[Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections]], The '''Missouri Valley Room''' has a great genealogy collection for Missouri and Kansas with biographies, periodicals, genealogies, diaries, photos, scrapbooks, and newspapers of the Kansas City area.<ref name="DB4767">Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.</ref> <ref name="SC">[http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/special-collections Special Collections] in ''Kansas City Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref><br> | *[[Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections]], The '''Missouri Valley Room''' has a great genealogy collection for Missouri and Kansas with biographies, periodicals, genealogies, diaries, photos, scrapbooks, and newspapers of the Kansas City area.<ref name="DB4767">Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.</ref> <ref name="SC">[http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/special-collections Special Collections] in ''Kansas City Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref><br> | ||
*[http://health.mo.gov/data/vitalrecords/ Missouri Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics], Jefferson City, birth, marriage, divorce, and death certificates.<ref name="VR" /> | *[http://health.mo.gov/data/vitalrecords/ Missouri Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics], Jefferson City, birth, marriage, divorce, and death certificates.<ref name="VR" /> | ||
*[[Missouri History Museum Library]], St. Louis, has regional history sources, St. Louis, Missouri, the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, the Louisiana Purchase, American West: indexes, guides, catalogs, photos, genealogy workshops. Many records of Missouri settlers from Illinois. | *[[Missouri History Museum Library]], St. Louis, has regional history sources, St. Louis, Missouri, the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, the Louisiana Purchase, American West: indexes, guides, catalogs, photos, genealogy workshops. Many records of Missouri settlers from Illinois. | ||
*[[Missouri State Archives]], Jefferson City, has court, land, military, death records, federal censuses, county and municipal records, photos, penitentiary, and manuscript records. Birth and death record index since 1883 is online; birth records 1883-1895; marriages 1827-1937.<ref name="VR">[http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/vital-records Vital Records] in ''Kansas City Public Library'' (accessed 2 Feb 2016).</ref> | *[[Missouri State Archives]], Jefferson City, has court, land, military, death records, federal censuses, county and municipal records, photos, penitentiary, and manuscript records. Birth and death record index since 1883 is online; birth records 1883-1895; marriages 1827-1937.<ref name="VR">[http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/vital-records Vital Records] in ''Kansas City Public Library'' (accessed 2 Feb 2016).</ref> | ||
*[[National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]], St. Louis, federal government employee and military personnel records starting 1917.<ref name="DB134">Dollarhide and Bremer, 134.</ref><br> | *[[National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]], St. Louis, federal government employee and military personnel records starting 1917.<ref name="DB134">Dollarhide and Bremer, 134.</ref><br> | ||
*[[St. Louis Mercantile Library]], early newspapers, railroads, inland waterways, county records, biographies, and genealogies. A premier library for Missouri research. | *[[St. Louis Mercantile Library]], early newspapers, railroads, inland waterways, county records, biographies, and genealogies. A premier library for Missouri research. | ||
*[[St. Louis Public Library]] has an Obituary Index for the years 1880–1927; 1942–1945; 1992–2006, family histories, passenger lists, Heritage Quest, and ''Gateway Family Historian'' publication.<ref>[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117800.asp Genealogists] in ''St. Louis Public Library'' (accessed 3 February 2016).</ref> | *[[St. Louis Public Library]] has an Obituary Index for the years 1880–1927; 1942–1945; 1992–2006, family histories, passenger lists, Heritage Quest, and ''Gateway Family Historian'' publication.<ref>[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117800.asp Genealogists] in ''St. Louis Public Library'' (accessed 3 February 2016).</ref> | ||
*[http://jacksongov.org/151/Medical-Examiner Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Office of Archives and Records] parish christenings, confirmations, marriages, and deaths. | *[http://jacksongov.org/151/Medical-Examiner Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Office of Archives and Records] parish christenings, confirmations, marriages, and deaths. | ||
Latest revision as of 22:10, 19 August 2025
Contact InformationEmail: webmanager@mosga.org Mailing Address: Internet sites and databases:
lists the MoSGA collection. Search by words or phrase, author, title, subject, or series. Also available in WorldCat.
Collection DescriptionThe Missouri State Genealogical Association (MoSGA) sponsors events, conferences, the Missouri First Families certificates program, newsletters, a blog, MoSGA's Journal, researchers, speakers, research links, and annual awards.[1] Their library collection is part of the Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence MO.[2] Alternate RepositoriesIf you cannot visit or find a source via the Missouri State Genealogical Association, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
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