Mercer County, Missouri
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Hello:My Name is Martha and I am your guide to Genealogical and Historical resources for Mercer County.
I do not live in Missouri, but have roots deep in her soil.
I am an excellent online Researcher and might be able to assist
in locating that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'.
I can be contacted via email: Please use this link.
Table of Contents
History ~ Pioneers ~ Native American's ~ Biography ~ What's New ~ Maps ~ Lookups & Queries
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries
Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Family Search ~ Odds and Ends
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Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries Basic B~M~D Records can be found in many places, it is not my intent to locate or record those, rather I try to locate records and resources outside the realm of normal research. Additionally: The Following are recommended: MO Digital Heritage ~ Reclaim the Records [New MO Birth Index] ~ US GenWeb Archives  Missouri Births & Christenings: 1827 > 1935 MO: Births & Christenings - Index Guide to Birth & Death Records [Missouri] [Missouri Digital Archives] Family Search ~ "Collections" for 'Missouri Neighboring States': Arkansas ~ Illinois ~ Iowa ~ Kansas [Scroll down] ~ Kentucky Nebraska ~ Oklahoma ~ Tennessee Sign into your FS Account, then use the above links Mercer County Marriage Records: Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages This link is for folks born in Missouri and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925 [Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses] Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link. There are two sets of files for Marriages of Mercer folk who went to other locations: Iowa: 1809-1992 and an Index gleaned from FS FS Film: Historical Images has a lot of filmed Marriage Records - Please use this Link There are several films in the FS Catalog that contain Marriage Records: Please use this link for a linked searchable pdf file. Death Records 'What's New' Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 [FS] WS = Undertaker's Cert, No place of birth listed POB: California, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon: Use This Link Missouri Deaths & Burials, 1867-1976 [FS] ~ Idaho Co., Birth & Death Records, 1863-1967 Miscellaneous [Mercer] Deaths: Other States & Counties ~ Mercer County Death Records [FS Catalog] Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1967 ~ Missouri B & D Records, Pre 1910 ~ Missouri Coroner's Database More...Database While doing other Missouri Research, I noticed that a lot of Missouri Folk migrated to Vermont. Here is the FS Catalog Link for Vermont Deaths and Burils and... below is a new database Mortuary Records California, Sacramento, Cemetery Records, 1900-1959 FS Film # 104304412 See FS for Exact Birth & Death Locations / Search using "MO" Clark, Booth & Yardley [Mortuary Cards] Mercer County Cemeteries The above link has info from the old RW Files Files are reformatted, searchable pdf's Additionally, here are some 'Odds' for Cemetery Information Arizona, Maricopa, Mesa City Cemetery Records, 1865-1960 Find~A~Grave: Born in Missouri, Died in San Luis Obispo County, CA [Lookups] Hamilton Cemetery: Dodd Family Burials Source: Dodd Newsletter, Vol 2, July 1981  Miscellaneous Cemetery Records California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960 - FS Database Two Cemetery Books from the DAR and Ms Ellsberry: 1965 - 1968 Other Cemetery Records can be found here. Obituaries "Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY" 1912 > 2006 - Some Years Missing Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden The Indexes for Each Booklet can be read online or downloaded from the FS Catalog. Please use this link The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death & Funeral Notices Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers "Pahrump, Nevada Genealogical Society Obits 1970 - 2009: Published: 2010" Digital copies of obituaries for people with some connection to Pahrump, Nevada. Individuals may have lived and or died in many different states. Please use this link for all of the publications [FS Catalog] There are indexes and each book is searchable or available to download. Obituaries: Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank] America's Death Notices & Obituaries" The linked date ranges below are screen dumps of the NewsBank Pages The links will not work, but use them for 'clues'. Then if you find a person of interest, Send along a note: Martha Use the Links below to find Time Frames and Articles of Interest 2015 - 2022 - 1 [17 March 2015 - 18 Mar 2018] 2015 - 2022 - 2 [22 March 2018 - 13 October 2021] 2015 - 2022 - 3 [ 2 November 2021 - 14 April 2022] Heritage Hub: 1943- 31 December 2023 September 2024 Note: I will not be creating any more Obit Indexes: I have had no queries for them for a couple of years. But, that said, I will still do lookups on Heritage Hub Contact: Martha Note: There is a new resource in the Heritage Hub Collection: "Missouri funeral home notices and obituaries (MO) 1999-Current" Here is a list of MO Newspapes on Heritage Hub MO Newspapers: HH Center Square Missouri, The (MO) 2020 - 2021 USA - MO Web-Only Daily Missouri Republican Daily Missouri Republican 1841 - 1888 USA - MO - St. Louis Democrat-Missourian, The (Harrisonville, MO) 2007 - 2019 Maneater, The: University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) 1995 - 202 Columbia College/University Missouri Courier 1849 - 1854 USA - MO - Hannibal Missouri Farmer Today (MO) 2012 - 2021 Missouri funeral home notices and obituaries (MO) 1999 - Current Web-Only Source Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser 1808 - 1818 USA - MO - St. Louis Missouri Lawyers Media (MO) 2004 - 2023 MO - St. Louis Web-Only South Missourian News (Thayer, MO) 1900 - Current USA - MO - Thayer Tri-Weekly Missouri Republican 1853 - 1858 USA - MO - St. Louis Note: There are more Obits in the sections Below "Obituary Odds" Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves There are no Indexes for Mercer County, but folks of interest might be found in the "Birth Place Not Identified' and the 'County Not Identified' Sections. Here is the Index for all of Missouri Here is the Index for the United States Here is an index for Countries of the World Note: Many of the Obituaries might be found using Heritage Hub Digital Newspaper Collection which is available in many local Public Libraries. Check your local Library under 'Resources' - Access requires a Library Card Obituaries: Old RW Files ~ Reformatted for Reference California Death Index, B: Missouri, D: San Luis Obispo County, CA [Lookups Available] FS Multiple Obit Databases 1968 Obituaries: Records compiled by Margaret Bearce [FS Book] Missouri Obituaries, GenealogyBank I made this list a long time ago, I do no longer have a Subscription, but HeritageHub might have the obits. So, take a look and if you find a name of Interest: Send along a Note: Martha Vital Record: Odds Often times folks traveled to get married: Below are links to Historical Images [Primarily Marriage, Civil Registrations and Marriage Banns] for: Putnam, Sullivan, Grundy, Harrison Counties, Missouri and Decatur County, Iowa Marriage, Naturalization & Court Records: 1802 > 1969 [Includes Filmed Records] Missouri Marriages: 1750 > 1920 [Searchable Database, FS] Missouri Death Records: 1867-1976 ~ Missouri State Archives Remember that Divorce Records are considered 'Vital Records' The FS Catalog has an interesting collection of Divorce Records on Film. Please use this link Colorado Divorce Records Filmed Records: Family Search 1900 > 1939 & 1975 > 1992 Information Entered: CO County of Divorce ~ Date & Place of Marriage Number and Names of Minor Children, if any Maiden Name Restored ~ Date of Decree ~ Film List is Here |
"The Fine Print"
Mercer Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
The MOGenWeb State Coordinator is Mel Owings
The Asst. State Coordinator is Lea Robertson
Information contained on all of the pages within the Mercer 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: 24 September 2024
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