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Bates County was organized 29 Jan 1841 from Cass, Van Buren and Jackson. Named for Hon. Edward Bates of St. Louis. Butler the county seat was named for Gen. William O. Butler of Kentucky. In 1855 the three southern tiers of townships in Cass Co. were added to Bates Co. The county seat is Butler, MO 64730. According to the 1990 census Bates County has a population of 15,038 residents. Cass County was formed 14 Sept 1835 from Jackson County. First called Van Buren, in honor of Pres. Van Buren, Whom Missourians delighted to honor at that day; but in 1849 after he had been the presidential candidate of the Free Soil party in the preceding canvass, the name was changed to Cass, in honor of Lewis Cass, of Michigan, who had been the Democratic candidate in 1848, and had been defeated by Gen. Taylor. The county seat, Harrisonville, was named for Hon. A. G. Harrison, of Callaway.and renamed on Feb. 19, 1849. The three southern tiers of townships were relinquished to Bates County on Feb. 22, 1855. The county seat is at Harrisonville, MO 64701. According to the 1990 census Cass County has a population of 70,492 residents.

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• African Americans in Missouri

  http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/
  Variety of resources including slave schedules, discussion list, and a variety of transcription projects for researchers seeking African American ancestors from Missouri.

• Genealogy in Missouri

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pattiejo/
  Links, documents, and queries for genealogy in Missouri.

• Gone But Not Forgotten - Missouri Pioneers

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mopionee/
  Compilation of Missouri settlers in the state before 1890 and instructions for submitting additional pioneers.

• Iron County Genealogy Society

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moicgs/icgs_home.html
  Dedicated to preserving genealogical records and family history.

• Missouri Genealogy

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jrbakerjr/missouri/missouri.html
  Missouri genealogy, slave schedules, census index, war of 1812 soldiers graves, tax lists

• Missouri Genealogy Forum

  http://genforum.genealogy.com/mo/
  Queries about Missouri ancestors

• Missouri Newspaper Abstracts

  http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=340
  Official site for the Newspaper Abstracts mail list with abstracts of articles from various Missouri newspapers prior to 1923.

• Missouri State Archives

  http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
  Source for genealogical information, including courthouse records from Missouri counties, and census and historical information including the records of the Missouri Legislature, Supreme Court, and other state agencies.

• Missouri State Genealogical Association

  http://www.mosga.org/
  Publishes a quarterly journal, hosts an annual conference, and maintains a library collection.

• Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal 1981-1999

  http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm
  Table of contents of each journal for all years 1981 - 1999

• MO Death Index

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nettimae/modeaths/
  Over 27,000 names of persons who died in Missouri submitted by site visitors.

• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: USA/MO

  http://lists5.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/MO/
  Genealogy email lists for Missouri and Missouri Counties

• St. Louis - Pages from the Past

  http://members.tripod.com/~Vide_Poche/index.html
  City Directories, Genealogy, History, St. Louis

• Vernon County Missouri Genealogy

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jrbakerjr/vernon/vernonco.html
  Vernon County Missouri land, tax, census, marriage and other genealogical records.

• Vernon County Missouri Transcribed Census Records

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jrbakerjr/census/census1.htm
  Transcribed census records for Center Township and the City of Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri.

• Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City

  http://www.umkc.edu/whmckc/
  Documents relating to the history and culture of Kansas City, western Missouri, and the Midwest.

• Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla

  http://www.mst.edu/~whmcinfo/index.html
  Focuses on the history of southern Missouri and the Ozark Highland and the areas of mining, transportation, and technology

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