Missouri State Archives

Missouri State Archives 600 West Main Street Jefferson City, MO 65102 Telephone: 314-751-3280 Fax: 573-526-7333


 * A "user-friendly" facility with original county records on microfilm from all counties, photos, census, land, military, and penitentiary records. Databases: births/deaths pre-1910, deaths 1910-1963, soldiers 1812-1918, coroners inquests, land patents, and naturalizations. They have an online genealogy index. Copies of records can also be ordered online. See:


 * Missouri State Archives, A Guide to the County and Municipal Records on Microfilm (Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Archives, [1997]). ..


 * Through the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiativebegun in 2007, the Missouri State Archives and the Missouri State Library, in partnership with the State Historical Society of Missouri, are assisting institutions across the state in digitizing their records and placing them online for easy access.