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Introduction

Many of the archives of Missouri have collections of published biographical information. The public libraries in St. Louis and Kansas City also have good collections. Also search the biographical sections of statewide, regional, and county histories.

• Central Missouri Counties Biographies at Ancestry.com ($)
• Missouri Biographical Dictionary at Ancestry.com ($)
• Historical and biographical sketches of the early churches and pioneer preachers of the Christian Church in Missouri at Ancestry.com ($)
• Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand : the renowned Missouri "bushwhacker" and unconquerable Rob Roy of America : being his co at Ancestry.com ($)

Family History Library

• Conrad, Howard Louis, Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, a Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference (New York, New York: Southern History Company, 1901) WorldCat; FHL films 1000272-73, fiche 6051492–97, book 977.8 H2c
  Digitized version for Volumes 1,2,3 and 6 are found at Internet Archive
  Some of the volumes are found at [www.books.google.com Google Books]

• Christensen, Lawrence O. Dictionary of Missouri Biography (Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 1999) At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL book 977.8 D3c
  Some of the pages are digitized and included in a book preview found at Google Books

• The Family History Library has a collection of biographies particular to Missouri. To access these, use the Place-names search in the FamilySearch Catalog for:

MISSOURI - BIOGRAPHY - PERSONAL NARRATIVES

MISSOURI,[COUNTY] - BIOGRAPHY

MISSOURI,[COUNTY],[TOWN] - BIOGRAPHY

Web Sites

• Missouri Biographies at Access Genealogy
• Missouri Family Biographies from numerous counties at My Genealogy Hound
• USGenWeb.org Search county pages for Biographical references.
• Historical and biographical sketches of the early churches and pioneer preachers of the Christian Church in Missouri at Ancestry.com ($)
• Google Books
• FamilySearch.org: Books, catalog, and microfilms.
• Missouri Digital Heritage Online: http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/

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