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United States U.S. Court Records Missouri Biography

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Local Research Resources

Online Resources[edit | edit source]

County and Town Histories Missouri with biographies
Access Genealogy Missouri Biographies.
Missouri History Encyclopedia, 1901, ($), index
Missouri History, 1908, ($), index/images
A history of Missouri : from the earliest explorations and settlements until the admission of the state into the Union, ($), index/images
Missouri Biographical Dictionary, ($), index/images
Central Missouri Counties Biographies, ($), index
Missouri biographies by county, at My Genealogy Hound, index
Battles and biographies of Missourians, or, The Civil War period of our state, e-book

Introduction[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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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-==== Introduction  ====
+=== Online Resources ===
+*[http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/countyhistories2.htm#mo County and Town Histories Missouri] with biographies
+*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/missouri-genealogy Access Genealogy Missouri Biographies].
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8553 Missouri History Encyclopedia, 1901], ($), index
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7822 Missouri History, 1908], ($), index/images
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22578 A history of Missouri&nbsp;: from the earliest explorations and settlements until the admission of the state into the Union], ($), index/images
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7980 Missouri Biographical Dictionary], ($), index/images
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8526 Central Missouri Counties Biographies], ($), index
+*[http://www.mygenealogyhound.com/missouri-counties/missouri-biographies-by-county.html Missouri biographies by county, at My Genealogy Hound], index
+*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t1xd19301;view=1up;seq=7 Battles and biographies of Missourians, or, The Civil War period of our state], e-book
+=== Introduction ===
 Many of the archives of [[Missouri Genealogy|Missouri]] have collections of published biographical information. The public libraries in [http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240099787.asp St. Louis] and [http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/biographies Kansas City] also have good collections. Also search the biographical sections of statewide, regional, and county histories.
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 *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=18743 Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand&nbsp;: the renowned Missouri "bushwhacker" and unconquerable Rob Roy of America&nbsp;: being his co] at Ancestry.com ($)
-==== Family History Library  ====
+=== 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) [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=encyclopedia+of+the+history+of+missouri%2C+a+compendium+of+history+and+biography+for+ready+reference&qt=owc_search WorldCat]; {{FHL|148095|item|disp=FHL films 1000272-73, fiche 6051492–97, book 977.8 H2c}}<br>Digitized version for Volumes 1,2,3 and 6 are found at [http://archive.org/search.php?query=encyclopedia%20of%20the%20history%20of%20missouri%2C%20a%20compendium%20of%20history%20and%20biography%20for%20ready%20reference Internet Archive]<br>Some of the volumes are found at [www.books.google.com Google Books]
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 :MISSOURI,[COUNTY],[TOWN] - BIOGRAPHY
-==== Web Sites  ====
+=== Web Sites  ===
 *[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=BioLocation&pagename=1bio&SearchTerm=Missouri Missouri Biographies at Access Genealogy]