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African American Genealogy - are you trying to find your roots? If you’re running into some brick walls with your genealogical research or just don’t know how to get started, this guide should be helpful to you
American History & Genealogy Profject / Missouri by state Missouri
American Revolutionary War
- the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies on the North American continent (as well as some naval conflict)
The American Society of Genealogists - founded in 1940, is an independent honorary society of the leading published scholars in the field of American genealogy

Britannica
Bureau of Land Management
- we provide live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1788 and the present. We also have images of survey plats and field notes, land status records, and control document index records
Calendar and Dating
- I use this website from Rootsweb
Chronicling America
- via the Library of Congress, a Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)
Coffelt Database of Vietnam Casualties
- the Coffelt Database of Vietnam War casualties has its roots in an effort begun by Richard Donham Coffelt.
Color Landform Atlas
- state maps
Conference Keeper
- a genealogical calendar
Cornell University Library
- civil war documents
Cyndies List
- a comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online for 25+ years
Dar Library - since its founding in 1896, the DAR Library has grown into a specialized collection of American genealogical and historical manuscripts and publications, as well as powerful on-site databases
Deciphering Old Handwriting - from a genealogy course taught by Sabina J. Murray
Digital Public Library of America, The Family Research Guide to DPLA - Discover 52,510,446 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States
Diseases - USGenweb (Diseases) has compiled a list but I have compiled an even larger list based on my research on my family tree
Do History - a site that shows you how to piece together the past from the fragments that have
survived. Our case study: Martha Ballard
Facebook Genealogy Calendar of Events - facebook's genealogical calendar
FamilySearch - search billions of ancestor profiles, photographs, & historical documents, absolutely FREE
FamilyTreeMagazine
FindAGrave - find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials or add photos, virtual flowers and a note to a loved one's memorial. Search or browse cemeteries and grave records for every-day and famous people from around the world
Genealogical.com
- books and ebooks
Genealogical Spot, The - assists you find your ancestors and build your family tree, immigration databases
GenGateway
- Probably the largest collection of genealogy online is available for the United States. American's have been, by and large, active researchers of genealogy since the late 1800's. With the tens of thousands of books already in print, and the easy access to a wide range of data, many public and private websites have been developed to provide the researcher with access to American Genealogy

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - place names within the United States and its dependent areas are available in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and are the responsibility of the Domestic Names Committee (DNC) of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
Google Newspaper Archive
HathiTrust - contains many online free books
History Hub - ask questions, get answers
Internet Archive & Wayback Machine - you can rent books for a period of time with a free account
Irish American Immigration History - resource for understanding the history of irish immigration
Jewish History - explore millions of records from around the world, identify relatives, discover the towns of your ancestors, experience how they lived, connect with our global JewishGen community, and more!
Laclede History in the Civil War
Lebanon Missouri Government
Lebanon Missouri
- history of Laclede
Library of Congress - Maps (1544-1996)
Linkpendium - a 10,000,000+ resource directory to everything on the Web about families worldwide & genealogically-relevant information about U.S. states & counties. We cover both free & subscription sites, with a strong emphasis upon free resources provided by libraries, other government agencies, genealogical and historical societies, and individual
Midwest Genealogical Society
Missouri Digital Heritage - includes collections for birth and still born (pre 1910), death (pre 1910), death certificates (1910-1974) and naturalization (1816-1955) records, Research Requests
Missouri State Archives
National Archives - explore our nation's history through our documents, photos, and records, includes Veteran's Service Records; at St. Louis, at DC
National Genealogical Society - recognized as 101 best websites
National Park Service - Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a database containing info about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.
Native American History - The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) maintains historically significant and permanently valuable records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Record Group 75. Most BIA records in NARA's holdings document administrative matters and the federal government’s management of tribal and individual resource
Northeast Missouri Genealogical Society
Olive Tree Genalogy, includes Ship Passenger Lists - created by Lorine in February 1996 was started to bring genealogists FREE genealogy records. Olive Tree Genealogy has more than 1,900 pages of free genealogy records to help you find your brick-wall ancestors and build your family tree
Open Library - million of free books to read online
Project Gutenberg - over 75k of free ebooks
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK)
Rootsweb - Welcome to the Ancestry.com Family History Wiki, a great place to learn more about family history, a service from Ancestry.com
Society of Genealogists (UK) - includes a learning hub
Sons of the American Revolution (search); SAR Library; SAR Genealogy
The State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) - a great source for Missouri/Pike County history that has been been in business since 1898
ThoughtCo - navigate the world from home with these maps of cities, states, countries, and the world. Find geographic models of all types, including physical, topographic, road, and street maps
Wikipedia - wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects
WikiTree - where advanced genealogists & casual family historians collaborate on a global family tree for our cousins & descendants - free, forever with a free account. Includes a worldwide G2G (Message Board)
Worldcat - WorldCat.org connects genealogical researchers to millions of pieces of unique content, allows you to search for books and other materials (like dissertations, microforms, journals, and multimedia items)
Youtube - includes these channels Family History Fanatics, Genealogy Gems, Genealogy TV
Zaba Search



I am able to do fee based searches, Kimberly (for free)
Ancestry.com - You’ve got questions.We’ve got ancestors.  Your ancestors’ lives can tell you so much about the life you’re living today. Take Ancestry for a spin and see how their story is your story, through records, photos, and more
Civil War Data - fee based civil war database, the largest, most in-depth and fully searchable database of American Civil War soldiers and event. I have a membership and can do free lookups.
Fold3 - part of Ancestry (explore billions of historical records) and fee based. I have a membership with Ancestry and Fold3 and can do free lookups
Newspapers.com - a fee based database of newspapers. I have an account and can do free lookups and type up obits

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We strive to document sources that will assist you in locating your loved ones. My name is Kimberly Taylor Morgan, and I am the foster mom for Laclede County, which is currently "up for adoption."

If you have a local connection and would like to volunteer your time and talents to adopt the county, the requirements are simple. Please review the Requirements & Time Commitment and MOGenWeb Policies and Procedures. If you are still interested in adopting, please contact Bob Jenkins.

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State Coordinator - Martha A. C. Graham
Lead ASC - Bob Jenkins
ASC - Troy Hogg
ASC - Kimberly Taylor Morgan
ASC & Technical Advisor - Lynda Peach


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We encourage everyone in our community to be courteous and respectful. If you're using someone else's work, please be sure to give them the credit they deserve. Thank you for helping us maintain a positive and collaborative environment!

We appreciate your contributions! Please note that all donated data will stay with the County even if the coordinator changes. If you ever wish to have your submitted material returned, we will be happy to do so upon your request.

We're happy to provide this information for your personal genealogy research, completely free of charge. Please be aware that this material cannot be used for any commercial purpose where a fee is involved.

Our sincere thanks to the former Laclede County Coordinators for their dedicated work and contributions.

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