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PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
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Platte County Historical & Genealogical Society (PCHS) has published many books for use by historians and genealogists researching things and people of Platte County. Here is a list of our current books, their prices and ordering information. NEWEST BOOK...JUST ARRIVED FROM THE PRINTER Click here
HISTORY OF PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, A PROUD LEGACY Dr. William S. and Kathryn. Worley wrote the comprehensive history of Platte County, Missouri. This hardbound, indexed book also includes a large number of family histories and pictures along with numerous business histories. $85.00 plus $6 shipping fee per book.
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PCHS Internet Book Sales. ANNALS OF PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI by William M. Paxton, 1897; 1185 pages, hardbound, indexed. Reprint by PCHS. Covers Platte Co. MO 1836-1897 in chronological order, local events, county history and MANY family genealogies. $100.00 ADDENDUM TO ANNALS OF PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI July 1897 through July 1916 At the conclusion of his Annals , Mr. Paxton asserted he would continue to chronicle Platte County people, places and events for so long as he lived. Through the efforts of Barbara Whitters, Mr. Paxton's work in the next 19 years can be yours. 8½; x 11, soft cover, comb bound, 318 pages, plus 41 page index. $45.00. PLATTE COUNTY, MO RECORDS 1839-1849 by Betty R. Murray, 1993; 318 pages, soft cover, comb bound. 6,982 names including 222 cross references. Contains: 1840 Fed'l Census. Sale of 16th Sections, 1842 Land Records (Maps) and Tax Lists of 1839, 1847, and 1849. Researcher's dream book. $30.00 1850 COMPLETE CENSUS PLATTE COUNTY, MO by Betty R. Murray, 1991; Every category listed on microfilm is printed in this book: free persons, slave inhabitants, mortality schedule, productions of agriculture, products of industry, Index. Lists 4,950 names, including cross index of 313 names. Soft cover. Comb bound, approx. 400 pages. $28.00 1860 PLATTE COUNTY CENSUS by Barbara Whitters, 1988; Soft cover, comb bound, by townships, Index. Lists given and surname of each person in household, age, sex and state where born. $28.00 1870 COMPLETE CENSUS PLATTE COUNTY. MO. by Betty R. Murray, 1996. Everything on microfilm except "can read/write, attending school & mortality schedule". .4,748 name index, representing 4,974 people, 70 cross references. $28.00 MORTALITY SCHEDULES 1850-1880 & REGISTER OF DEATHS 1883-1888 by Betty R. Murray, 1990. 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 mortality schedules, list of coroners, causes. Indexed. Soft cover. Comb bound, Map. $10.00 PLATTE COUNTY CEMETERY RECORDS. VOLUME I, 1839-1854 w/addendum 1839-1861, by PCHS, 1980. Surveys in 1948 of 53 older, smaller cemeteries located about Platte County. 93 pages, soft cover. Index. $12.00 PLATTE COUNTY CEMETERY RECORDS VOLUME II 1855-1870 by PCHS, 1985. 1,964 surveys. 230 pages. Some pictures. Soft cover. Index. Lists 46 mostly large cemeteries. $25.00 INDEX TO CEMETERY RECORDS PLATTE COUNTY. VOLUMES I & II by Betty R. Murray, 1997. Index of nearly 13,000 names in the two cemetery books published in 1860s. Married women listed by maiden names and surnames of other spouses. A MUST if you own these two original volumes. Soft cover matches original books. Comb bound, 83 pages. $10.00 WESTON TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES & SEXTON'S ACCOUNTS Includes Brill, Durkes, Fancy Bottom, Graceland, Huvendahl, Laurel Hill aka Weston, Miller and Stillwell cemeteries, funeral homes of Platte County and much more. Started by Genrose Welsh, dec'd., completed by Betty R. Murray. Comb bound. 191 pages. Index. $18.00 GONE & FORGOTTEN, PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY & CHURCH, CAMDEN POINT Researched and compiled by Lu Durham and Irma Miller. Edited by Betty R. Murray. 3004 names listed. 182 pages include photos of pioneers and tombstones. Maps & history of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church 1844-1895. Also known as Confederate Cemetery due to burial of 6 Confederate soldiers after Battle of Camden Point. Also includes the speech by R.P.C. Wilson upon dedication of Confederate Monument. Soft cover. Comb bound. Index. $18.00 PLATTE COUNTY MO. MARRIAGE RECORDS. VOLUME I - 1839-1854 plus ADDENDUM 1839-1861 Abstracted by Betty R. Murray from original volume. Never before published records in Section 1, plus 58 in the two addenda. $18.00 PLATTE COUNTY MO. MARRIAGE RECORDS. VOLUME II 1855-1870 by Genrose Welsh. 3100 entries. Soft cover. Comb bound. Indexed by grooms and brides. Shows presiders, churches and maps. $18.00 PLATTE COUNTY MO. MARRIAGE RECORDS. VOLUME III 1871-1885 by Genrose Welsh. 150 pages, 3100 entries. Indexed by grooms. Has brides. Includes presiders and churches. Soft cover. $22.00 1877 ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS OF PLATTE CO., MO. 14 x 17 soft cover plat book of villages, cities, townships, patrons, directory, illustrations, table of contents, names of owners and number of acres owned. $35.00 1907 ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS OF PLATTE CO., MO. If your family arrived early or late in Platte County, you need this book. 14 x 17 soft cover plat book. Shows ownership and acreage, over 400 illustrations. Table of Contents, plus date of arrival in county. $35.00 1929 HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL REVIEW OF PLATTE CO. MO - CORNHUSKER, Compiled by the Weston Chronicle and the Platte City Landmark , editors for the 1929 National Cornhusking Festival. 36 pages. Not indexed. Sketches, photos, advertisements. Thumbnail sketch of Platte Co. history. $20.00 MY HERITAGE & MY LIFE by Gordon Miller. A time-line history intertwined with Platte County history and the Miller family. Fantastic book on the people and happenings, especially in Platte City. Just plain good reading. $25.00 Brand New ReleasePLATTE PEOPLE CD by Lee Wilhite from 14 Indexes compiled by Betty Runner Murray. An index of 65,363 names of Platte County people and where in which of our books to find them. Finds married women no longer using their maiden name if record includes their maiden name! Includes many cross-references for multiple spellings of names. Covers our 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 Census, Original Landowners, 1839 & 1849 Tax Lists, Marriage Records, Death & Mortality Records and all our Cemetery Records books. Find all the books you need to document your ancestor’s recorded presence in Platte County. In spreadsheet format for Excel (95) and Works (Ver. 4) and later. Detailed instructions in a word processor file, plus a printed instruction sheet with the CD. $20.00.
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