Gasconade County, Missouri

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


Hello:
My name is Martha, I am the new Gasconade County, Missouri County Coordinator.

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

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
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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
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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

Interested in other Missouri Counties?

Here is a map with clickable links
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Biographies and Pioneers

"History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford & Gasconade Co's., Missouri"
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co: 1888
There is an index here. ~ Read Online or Download [Gasconade County Bios]


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

"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 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 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
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Native American Tribes in Missouri

Queries and Lookups
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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'What's New'
The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be free accessed.
The Chart below is linked to each resource: Entitled: "Browse by Category"

Genealogy/ Personal History Private Sector Wars/ International Relations Time Spans
Businesses Civil War 1800 –1900
Foundations World War II 1900 –1940
Casualties Labor Unions Korean War 1940 –1955
Civilians Securities Vietnam War 1955 –1965
Military Personnel Places Cold War 1965 –1975
Immigrants Countries Diplomatic Records 1975 –1985
Prisoners of War States Government Spending 1985 –1995
Indexes to Counties Contracts 1995 present
Photographs Cities/Towns
Textual Records Zip Codes Grants and Assistance Browse by Subject




"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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Site Updated: 26 March 2024
Online Continuously since 1997