Lawrence County Missouri History and Genealogy Resources

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Descendants of Thomas T and Mary Dillingham Jones
Submitted by Ilene Jones


GENERAL INFO: CONTACTS, ADDRESSES AND HELP

Contacts: Snail mail addresses for Lawrence County Courthouse, funeral homes, newspapers.

Historical Society: How to contact and list of publications available.

Lookups: Lookup Volunteers.

Calendar: (offsite) Post a reunion or related event.


MAPS, PLACES AND THINGS: Getting to know the county

Features: List of place names in county, current and historical

Places and Things: Photos of Places and Things

1921 Postal Routes

Post Offices: (offsite) Missouri Postal History Society

1904 County Map

1879 Plat Book: (offsite)


SEARCHABLE FILES

Research files: (some off-site) Includes census, slave and mortality schedules, births/deaths, marriages

Biographies: Biographies and sketches of Lawrence County residents

Cemeteries: Includes complete list of cemeteries with location

Churches: Church records. Memberships, baptisms, deaths.

Circuit Court: Information abstracted from Circuit Court records; 1845-1868

Descendants: Lawrence County families submitted by researchers.

Histories: 1888 Goodspeed History and everyname index to "Brief History"

Immigration Records: Applications for Admission and Declarations of Intention

Military: Officers, 76th EMM Oct/Nov 1864; WWI Lawrence County Honor Roll

Newspaper Abstracts: Extracts from Lawrence County Newspapers of genealogical/historical value.

Mt Vernon Cook Book: Contributors and advertisers; published 1895; reprint 1908

Surnames: Submit your surnames or see if others are researching the same surname

Archived Queries: Queries posted on the old system. Pre-4/98

Mailing List Archives: Search the Lawrence County Mailing List Archives at this link; enter MoLawren-L as the list name to be searched.

Join the Mailing List: Join the list by sending a message to this link with no subject and just the word subscribe in the message body.


FEATURED ITEMS OF INTEREST

Aurora Missouri "Ladies Needle Club" Quilt submitted by Barbara Marsh

The Extraordinary Life of Rev. Anthony Bewley by William Hunter

Photographs: Unidentified photos submitted by Lawrence County researchers.

Trivia: White squirrels and old home remedies.

Lost Girl: "A Struggle with Tuberculosis in the Missouri State Sanatorium"


LINKS TO ADDTIONAL COUNTY RESOURCES

Microfilm: (offsite) Missouri State Archives; Click on Local Records

Links: Government and Educational resources for research; neighboring counties


MISCELLANEOUS

For Hire: Amature Researchers For Hire

For Sale: Book dealers, etc.


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