MICHIANA HISTORY PUBLICATIONS
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MATERIALS ON:
ILLINOIS-INDIANA-MICHIGAN-OHIO AND SELECTED OTHER STATES
Missouri
Norall, Frank. Bourgmont. Explorer of the Missouri, 1698 - 1725. University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln and London. 1988. 192 pages. Hardcover.
A valuable contribution to the literature of French exploration in the trans-Mississippi West and the most comprehensive biography of Bourgmont that has been written.
Price: $15.00
Missouri Obituaries, 1880, 1881, and 1882. Abstracts of Obituaries Published Weekly in the "St. Louis Christian Advocate", Publication of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Independence, Missouri. 1975 reprint of 1966 edition compiled by Nadine Hodges. 115 pages. Softcover.
This book contains abstracts of obituaries published in the years 1880 - 1882. While this was the St. Louis Christian Advocate was the official publication of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for the Missouri area, many of the obituaries were of persons who belonged to other churches or who did not belong to any church.
Price: $7.50
1300 "Missing" Missouri Marriage Records. From Newspapers 1812 - 1853. Compiled by George f. and Maryhelen L. Wilson and Lois Stanley. 1979. No Publisher. 108 pages. Softcover.
A compilation of marriage from 43 early Missouri newspapers. According to the compilers, these marriages are not listed in official county clerk records. Arranged alphabetically by name of groom, with an alphabetical index for bride's names. Gives name of newspaper, date, of issue, date of marriage and in some instances, who performed the marriage
Price: $10.00
Schweitzer, George K. Missouri Genealogical Resources. George K. Schweitzer. 1997. 233 pages. Softcover.
Discusses historic background of Missouri, various types of records and their locations as well as research information on each individual county.
Price: $12.00
Kansas City
Haskell, Henry C. and Fowler, Richard B. City of the Future. A Narrative History of Kansas City, 1850 - 1950. Frank Glenn Publishing co. Kansas City, Missouri. 1950. 193 pages. Hardcover.
Geography places Kansas City in an important place both for the Civil War as well as the development of the American West.
Price: $20.00