St Louis County, Missouri
This Site will encompass both the City and County of St Louis.

This County is part of
The MOGenWeb Project And The USGenWeb® Project

Hello:
My name is Martha, I am the St Louis City and County, Missouri County Coordinator.
I do not live in Missouri so cannot do 'on the ground' research:
But, that said, I am an excellent online researcher and might
be able to assist in locating that missing piece of your "Ancestral Pie"
Contact: Martha


Table of Contents
History ~ Biography ~ What's New ~ Historical Maps ~Lookups and Queries
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Newspapers
Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Family Search: Historical Images ~ Odds and Ends
Media: Books ~ Coroner,  Funeral Home & Mortuary [Films] ~ Miscellany [More Films]
New Site>> "Missouri Meanderings" ~ Eclectic Missouri resources to enhance your GenWeb Experience [Off Site]

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St Louis' Neighbors
St Charles ~ Franklin ~ Jefferson ~ City of St Louis, Missouri,
Madison, IL ~ St Clair, IL ~ Monroe, IL

History ~ Biography ~ What's New ~ Historical Maps ~Lookups and Queries History ~ Books ~ Biographies Brief History of St Louis County ~ [Wiki] St Louis Communities Aerial Video of St Louis County Landmarks. "Gone but not forgotton" - Missouri Pioneer Site St Louis: Pages from the Past ~ St Louis Genealogical Society ~ Manuscript Collections "Centenniel History of Missouri, Volume 5" S J Clark Publishing: 1921 ~ Index ~ Read or Download "History of St Louis County, Missouri" 1911 [Vol I] ~ The Index is here. Notable Women of St Louis [MO] Edited and Published by: Mrs Chas P Johnson 1914 The book is available from the FS Catalog: Books, or I will send bios of interest The Folks over at Genealogy Trails have a nice set of biographical pages for Missouri: Please use this Link. "Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography " by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Publication date 1900 'Wiki Review' Archive.org [All Volumes] Missouri Cousins" LDS Film # 873784 / Book - Download Here Author: A Maxim Coppage Published by: Raines Publishing Company 11 W 20th Street, Antioch, Calif., USA ~ September 1969 This little book is chock full of bits and pieces of family information. St Louis County Pages: 111-114 Use this link for the Index if you wish to look at other County Records Access: Download the book using the link above or use the FS Catalog and get the film. <<<???>>> Family Group Sheet Project If you are interested in searching for more clues for finding family, please give this USGW Project a try Even if you do not find new goodies, consider contributing your work to the Project Use this Link: Missouri Page <<<???>>> There is a great site that has all sorts of links to free Historical and Genealogical Data "The Ancestor Hunt" Digital Newspapers ~ Year Books & Alumni Books School Records ~ Obituaries ~ Coroner, Mortuary & Cemetery Records BMD's ~ Birth & Marriage Records ~ Divorce & Death Records ~ Probate & Tax Records ~ Institutional & Military Records Naturalizations & Immigration ~ Criminal & Digital Archives ~ Directories ~ Photos & Voter Records Scroll down, left side has the menu <<<???>>> Family Search "Collections" There is a wealth of Family and Historical information contained on the FamilySearch WebSite. It can be overwhelming to figure out where to start. So, I have created concentrated categories of databases which are accessible via linked pdf files. All of the files can be found using this Link : Note, this is Google Drive Cemeteries, Etc [Burial, Cemeteries, Coroner, Funeral Homes, Graves] Church Records[ Baptism's, Catholic Church, Christenings, Church [General]] Legal Documents and Resources [Court, Estate, Probate Records] Migration - Naturalization - Travel [Border Crossings, Migration, Naturalization, Passenger Lists, Passports] Military [Bounty [Land], Military [Misc], Pensions, Soldiers, Veteran's, War[s]] Odds and Ends [Applications, Homestead, Membership, Native Americans, Parish [Location & Church], Pioneers, Prison, Voting, Obituaries, Veteran & Soldier's Homes, Children's Home] Vital Records [Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death, Mortality Records] "What's New" St Louis County: Guardianship Records: Catalog There are 510 Films for these records. 1825-1900 Each Film has a typed Index at the beginning, Here is a sample Each file has a 'Folder' with the Child's name on it. Here is a Sample <<<???>>> Also from the FS Catalog: Scroll to bottom of page for films St. Louis County record of Embalmers Licenses, 1895-1938 Book #1 [Probate Court] Film #5802187 ~ Images 127-167 Handwritten Alpha Index, then Documents - Licenses are good for a year. St. Louis County list of Guardians and Wards, 1877-1925 Film # 5802187 ~ Images 168-273 Register Headings: Number ~ Name of Ward ~ Date of Appt. ~ Name of Guardian or Curator ~ Amt of Bond ~ Chosen / Appointed ~ Settlement ~ Residence of Guardian or Curator <<<???>>> Medical Directories: "Medical and Surgical Directory of The United States" R L Polk & Co, Publishers, Here are the pages for 1886 "Medical and Surgical Register of The United States" R L Polk, Publishers, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago Here are the pages for 1890 Also Included is the following collection of data: Officers Of the Medical Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards. Medical Corps of the United States Navy Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service. Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards. Here are the Military Pages for 1886 and 1890 Note: There are more Medical Registers: Scroll Down 'Polk's medical register and directory of North America' by R.L. Polk, Publishers There are quite a few: Years: 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1917 "St Louis American" Digital Editions of the Newspaper: Jul 1949 - Dec 1950 ~ 1951 ~ 1952 ~ 1954 ~ 1956 ~ 1958 1960 ~ 1962 ~ 1964 ~ 1966 ~ 1967~ 1968 Here is the FS Link to the Images Maps and Odds Interactive Atlas ~ St Louis "Gateway to the West" Historical Landmarks ~ ILGenWeb Project ~ Maps from the MO Historical Society Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Scroll Down] ~ USGS Maps for Missouri Maps from the MO Historical Society The American Civil War in Missouri Digitized Newspapers from the Civil War Era Plat Maps ~ Digital Library of Missouri Interactive Atlas ~ David Rumsey Collection USGS Historical Topo's ~ Missouri State and Regional Maps ~ "Route 66" "Map Geeks" State and Township Maps ~ Getty Geographical Thesaurus Bureau of Land Management USGS Maps for Missouri ~ Missouri State and Regional Maps Historical Maps ~ Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles ~ Surveyor's Base Maps Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps ~ MapGoose And...Google Earth Pro Family Search: Land Records Missouri Property Records Search The 40th reunion, University City Senior High School, Class of 1949(1989) 1909 St Louis County Plat Book This is a great book and wonderful resource for finding land that our Ancestors owned. A set of Images of the Index can be found here. Download from FS or Send for Individual Pages Lookups and Queries There are no Current Volunteers. If you have local resources and are willing to be a Volunteer for St Louis County, Please contact Martha However, I am available for Lookups: I have access to the Library Editions of the following Subscription Sites: My Heritage: Collections Census & Voter Lists ~ Histories, Memories & Biographies ~ Birth, Marriage & Death Public Records ~ Schools & Universities ~ Directories, Guides & References Maps ~ Immigration & Travel ~ Books & Publications Military ~ Newspapers ~ Family Trees ~ Photos ~ Government, Land, Court & Wills And Access also to HeritageHub [Includes NewsBank] New... "The St Louis American" is on Heritage Hub: 2006 > Current and... The Los Angeles Times and The New York times For more Info and Contents ~ Contact Martha Lookups and Queries Cyndi's List has a nice selection of places to post Queries and find Mail Lists

"The Fine Print"
St Louis City and County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
The MOGenWeb State Coordinator is Mel Owings
Asst. State Coordinator (ASC): Lea Robertson

Information contained on all of the pages within the St Louis County portion of the MOGenWeb may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes. Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due.
Any and all donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator
If any person who donates material in the future and wishes to have it returned to them, it will be accomplished upon request.

Site Updated: 6 September 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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