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Frisco Railway Employee Cards Online

The Frisco Railway (also called St. Louis-San Francisco) operated from 1876 to 1980 in the Midwest and south central United States:

Alabama Arkansas Florida

Kansas Mississippi Missouri

Oklahoma Tennessee Texas

Starting in 1940 the Frisco Railway compiled thousands of employee cards that are now indexed and available for viewing on the Springfield-Greene County Library District Internet site. The information on a typical card includes:

• Employee Name
• Address
• Birth Date
• Birth Place
• Race
• Gender
• Parent’s Names
• Location of Assignment
• Job Title

Online Resources

• Family Tree Encyclopedia - Terminology & Meanings of Genealogical Terms