Franklin County, Missouri

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Hello,
Welcome to the Franklin County portion of the MOGenWeb.
Franklin County is available for adoption.
If you have a local connection to Franklin County or an interest in Missouri in general,
please consider joining the MOGenWeb as a County Coordinator.
Requirements are simple, peruse them here.
and... Contact Mel if you are interested.

Our Thanks to Denise for her years of dedication and service:
Happy Trails, Denise!


Table of Contents
History ~ Biography ~ What's New 
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Mortuary & Coroner Records ~ Obituaries
Military ~ Odds & Ends

Search Franklin County

"Our Neighbors"
Crawford ~ Gasconade Jefferson ~ St Charles St Louis ~ Warren ~ Washington ~ Counties, Missouri
Remember that folks traveled, please check our neighbors for information that might be of value to you in your research.
St Louis County has a lot of records that may apply to Franklin Folk.



History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Queries & Lookups
Brief History of Franklin County, Wiki
History of Franklin County  [from the old Franklin Files]
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Biographies

"History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford & Gasconade Co's., Missouri"
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co: 1888
The kind people over at Genealogy Trails have transcribed the Biographies:  There is an index here.


"Biographical Directory Of Franklin County, Missouri"
Compiled and Published 
By
Herman Gottlieb Kiel, 1925
The above book is available from the FS Catalog: Books
However it is tricky to find: Use Family Search,
Catalog, Enter Kiel in the 'Author Slot', scroll down to Herman
Additionally:
 I created a page that explains the book and gives Catagories [Lists]
and page numbers. Go Here.


National Register of Historic Places: Franklin County
Franklin County was completely renovated and is now more 'Mobile Friendly'
There were some very valuable and interesting items found in the
 old files that are reformatted to pdf files and are fully searchable.
African American History & Genealogy
The Civil War in Franklin County


"Historical Gleanings"
The Tiemann Family ~ Silas Reed, MD ~ Charles Hoeft
Richard King & Cleona Lewis
and...
Schools: There is information,
but the pictures were never found.
The photos were on RW: All the School files are now Here.

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Native American Tribes of Missouri
'Gone but Not Forgotton: Missouri Pioneers' ~ Missouri First Families
A History of The Pioneer Families of Missouri, 1876
Missouri County History Project ~ Historic Towns of Missouri

The Forts of Missouri ~ Missouri History - Provincial Period

Missouri Cousins
LDS Film # 873784 / Book 977.8D2
Author: A Maxim Coppage
Published by: Raines Publishing Company
11 W 20th Street, Antioch, Calif., USA ~ September 1969
This little book is chock full of bits and pieces of family information.
There is information for Franklin County on Pages 64-66
Access: Download the book using the link above or use the FS Catalog and get the film.


...and some really great little booklets on Missouri Pioneers
"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 Vols which contain information for Franklin County
2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 20, 24, 29
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Missouri Maps
Interactive Atlas ~ Library of Congress: Missouri Maps
"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
Historic Map Works  "Residential Genealogy"
Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps
MapGoose
And Google Earth Pro [Download Link]
Interested in other Missouri Counties?
Here is a map with clickable links
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"What's New
The J R Nieves Legacy Collection of Obituary Indexes
There is a nice selection for Franklin County
This is the link for Missouri
This is the link for all of the United States
This is the link for Countries of the World

Also, there are Indexes for 'Birth Place Not Identified' and 'County Not Identified'


Many of the Obituries on the Indexes can be found on Heritage Hub.
Heritage Hub is available through local Public Libraries with a Library Card.
Look under 'Digital Resources' on your Library Web Page


Queries & Lookups
There is a mail / Query List for Franklin - Please Use This Link to Subscribe
or... Try the Franklin County Message Boards for clues


Lookups:
I have access to the Library Edition of My Heritage
Kansas City Star [1 Mar 2013 > Current]
and
Access to the following Subscription
Databases [Library Editions]
Newspapers.com ~ Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank] ~ Historic Map Works
For more Info and Contents ~ Contact Martha [Volunteer]

'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living People: Zaba Search
And RAOGK
Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies and [Research Requests]
The above list has local resources, web pages and information that may help with research.
MO Digital Heritage:
Genealogical Collections

"The Fine Print"
County Coordinator:
State Coordinator: Mel Owings

Assistant State Coordinator: Lea Robertson
For information about adopting a Missouri County, please contact: Mel

Data contained on these pages may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes, Please give Credit where it is due.
All data will stay with the MOGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the Webmaster.

Site Updated: 24 March 2024
Online Continuously since 1997