This website is dedicated to preserving the history of Franklin County, Missouri and to providing helpful information and resources to genealogy researchers.

 History and Genealogy of     Franklin County, Missouri

1937 Confirmation at Stony Hill

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First Courthouse at Union, MO
Note: Newport was the first county seat.

 

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Will of John Coulter - normally found under Lots of Links

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Sharlee Birge Farrell's website -- includes Cooper, Brown, Dent, Park, Parks, Minks, Burton and Armistead. Normally found under Lots of Links

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St. Patrick's "Rock" Church link

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Richard D. Vollmer's site - includes Vollmer, Armistead, Reed, Wing, and Bates, Normally found under Lots of Links

 

 

As of November 1, 2007, the Franklin County Message Board had more postings than ANY COUNTY BOARD IN THE UNITED STATES except Cook County, Illinois (Chicago) and its value increases with every posting. As of November, 2007, there are over 24,000 postings and is growing every week. Please add your family information or anything related to Franklin County history and genealogy you may have available! If everyone who uses this board would post at least 25 entries, it would be wonderful! Much credit and thanks is due to Lou Ann Glasgow, Beverly Shinkles, Ann Wideman, Norma Jean Freburg, Kathy Fisher, Judy Brock and Marc Houseman for untold hours of dedicated posting of information.

 

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Provide information for posting that relates to churches, schools, veterans, biographies and other topics of interest, keeping in mind that we cannot violate copyright laws. If in doubt, ask.

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Contribute to the growth of the Message Board by posting whatever obituaries and other information you have on hand relating to your own family.

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Volunteer to post obituaries and other information from microfilm newspapers or from clipped obituaries I can send to you.

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Be alert for material that could be posted here such as church records, school records (not grades), county or town records. If you can't transcribe the information, at least let us know where it is in case a volunteer is able to do so.

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Provide a link to your genealogy website that relates to Franklin County. If you discover a family genealogy website that relates to Franklin County, let us know the URL so we can ask permission to link to it.

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Provide information about family reunions, meetings and other events that relate to history and genealogy in Franklin County. These dates can be posted on the Calendar.

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Provide photographs appropriate for posting at this site. (churches, schools, veterans, more -- if in doubt, ask!)

 

What has been posted to the Message Board?

The Ozark News: All 1942, 1943 and 1944 obituaries plus 1942 and 1943 Franklin County marriage licenses
The Meramec Valley Transcript: All 1940 and 1943 obituaries
The Republican Headlight: All obituaries from March 1907 to March 1908

OTHER
A variety of obituaries and marriage records from other old newspapers
Recent obituaries from
The Missourian and The New Haven Leader

Lots of other obituaries and information
19,000 postings and growing every day!
P-L-E-A-S-E add obituaries and postings for your family!

 

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This page was last updated Thursday September 06, 2007 .

  Sue Blesi, Franklin County Coordinator, Missouri USGenWeb Project

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