Gasconade County, Missouri

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


Hello:
My name is Martha, I am the new Coordinatof for the Gasconade County portion of the MOGenWeb.

I do not live in Missouri, but have roots deep in her soil.
I will do my very best to find & format resources for visiting Genealogists & Historians.
I am happy to try and answer questions:



Table of Contents:

History ~ Maps ~ Biographies and Pioneers ~ Lookups and Queries ~ What's New
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Family Search: Catalog and Historical Images ~ Obituaries
Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds and Ends
New Site>> "Missouri Meanderings" ~ Eclectic Missouri resources to enhance your GenWeb Experience [Off Site]

Search Gasconade County

Gasconade County Neighbors
Montgomery ~ Warren ~ Franklin ~ Crawford
Phelps ~ Maries ~ Osage ~ Callaway


History ~ Maps ~ Biographies and Pioneers ~ Lookups and Queries ~ What's New

History of Gasconade County
As written by the Gasconade County Historical Society


Cities and Towns Unincorporated Communities
Bland(partly in Osage County) Bay ~ Bem
Gasconade Cleavesville ~ Drake
Hermann(county seat) Fredericksburg
Morrison Little Berger ~ Mt Sterling
Owensville(largest city) New Woollam
Rosebud Redbird ~ Swiss


Maps

Interactive Atlas
"Map Geeks" State and Township Maps ~ Getty Geographical Thesaurus
Bureau of Land Management ~ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Scroll Down]
USGS Maps for Missouri ~ Missouri State and Regional Maps
Historical Maps: Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles ~ Surveyor's Base Maps
Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps
Residential Genealogy: Maps & Buildings
MapGoose
And Google Earth Pro [Download Link]

"Standard atlas of Gasconade County, Missouri : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county. Map of the state, United States and world: 1913"
Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Publication:
Chicago, Illinois : G. A. Ogle & Co., 1913
The File is large. To download or look at the pages of the book, go here.

Gasconade,MO Plat Book: 1930

Land atlas and plat book, Gasconade County, Missouri, 1983
Author: Rockford Map Publishers

Land ownership maps
Author: Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division

Interested in other Missouri Counties?

Here is a map with clickable links


Books ~ Biographies ~ Pioneers

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Please check the Military Link as there are new Books in the "Odds & Ends" section

"Reminiscences Of The Bench and Bar of Missouri"
With an Appendix
Containing Biographical Sketches...
By: W V N Bay
St Louis
F H Thomas and Company: 1878
Please use this Link all Files
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"History of the Bench and Bar of Missouri
With Reminiscences of the ..."
A J D Stewart, Editor
Illustrated
St Louis, Mo
The Legal Publishing Company: 1898
Press of Little & Becker Printing Co.,
St Louis, MO.
Please use this Link all Files

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"History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford & Gasconade Co's., Missouri"
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co: 1888
Please use this Link all Files

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Historic Missourians, Towns and Forts, and...

George Caleb Bingham ~ Old Settler's Association: 1897
"Gone but not forgotton" ~ Missouri Pioneer Site
The Forts of Missouri ~ Missouri History - Provincial Period
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"Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography "

by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Publication date 1900
Note: Appleton's includes Bios for Native American Folk

'Wiki Review ~ Archive.org [All Volumes]
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"Missouri Pioneers, County and Genealogical Records"; 30 Volumes

Created by:
Hodges, Nadine ~ Vineyard, John, Mrs. ~ Woodruff, Audrey Lee Wagner, 1913 - 1996
[Books - FS Catalog - Log In, Search: Use Nadine Hodges ]
Here are the files for Gasconade County: Books are linked [FS Catalog]
Marriage Book A, 1822-1841 (v 2)
Marriage Book A & B, 1842-1855 (v 24)
Wills & Admr. Bonds, Books A & B, 1821-1860 (v 15)
Tax List of 1828 (v 2)
Record of Births, about 1867 (v 20)


Here are the MO Pioneer Books for Gasconade's Neighbors
Only Vital Records are listed.

Callaway County
Marriage Book B, 1840-1850 (v 22) ~ 1860 Mortality Schedule (v 7)

Crawford County
First Marriage Book & Book A, 1829-1855

Franklin County
Marriage Books A & B, 1819-1858

Maries County
Death Register 1883 (v 8)

Osage County
Marriage Book A, 1841-1861 ~ 1860 Mortality Schedule (v 6)

Phelps County
Marriage Book A, 1857-1867 (v 18)
1860 Mortality Schedule (v 6)

Warren County
Marriage Books A & B, 1833-1860

Native American Tribes in Missouri


Queries,  Lookups and What's New

If you wish to post Genealogical Queries online,
Please use the "io groups site" for Gasconade County [Subscribe Link]

There were very old queries found in the RootsWeb Files.
They have been reformatted for use as 'Clues Only'
Please use this Link
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Lookups:

So far, I am the only one available for lookups:
I have access to the Library Edition of 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
Kansas City Star [1 Mar 2013 > Current]

and
Access to the following Subscription
Databases [Library Editions]
Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank]
For more Info and Contents ~ Contact Martha MOGenWeb Volunteer]

If you have access to local records and are willing to help out,
please send along a note: Martha

'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living People: Zaba Search
And RAOGK
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If you wish to check out all of the FS Historical Image Collection for Gasconade County:
Use this Link, Access with your FS Account

Items Include: Records / Resources
Census ~ Church [All sorts of Goodies] ~ Court & Naturalization ~ Marriages  ~ Biographies & History ~ Appraisals ~ Probate & Estate ~ Business ~ Residence ~ Guardianship ~ Deeds ~ Wills ~ Cemetery ~
Land & Survey ~ Draft & Enlistments ~ Migration ~ Tax
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Missouri: FS Historical Images Section
Church Records: Please use this link for both films
Film # 116200866
Zion, St Peter United Church of Christ
Pershing, Gasconade, MO
Updated Zion Cemetery Records, 2008

Fredericksburg, Gasconade, MO
Film #116200865
"Good and Faithful Servants"
St Peter Evangelical Church
Fredericksburg, Gasconade, MO
Appendix B: St Peter Cemetery
Roberta Vaughan Schwinke, 2004
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The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be freely viewed and downloaded.
Please use this link for Access





"The Fine Print"
Gasconade County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
The MOGenWeb State Coordinator: Mel Owings
Asst. State Coordinator (ASC): Lea Robertson

Information contained on all of the pages within the Gasconade 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.
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