Available Resources
Are you searching for information about your family tree? Do you need information on local history and genealogy? Then be sure to browse through our collection of Missouriana and genealogy resources. Scenic Regional Library has a wealth of information for local history buffs, students, and for those doing genealogy research.
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Local Historical Newspapers
Newspaper articles and other historical information are kept on microfilm at the library. You may view what microfilm your specific branch has by clicking its name: Hermann, New Haven, Owensville, Pacific, Union, and Warrenton. Please note that St. Clair’s microfilm collection is housed at the Union location.
Databases
We also subscribe to Ancestry Library, a qualified genealogy resource which is accessible from within the library.
Fold3 is also accessible from within the library and provides convenient access to U.S. military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. Original records at Fold3 help you discover and share stories about these everyday heroes, forgotten soldiers, and the families that supported them. Fold3’s social networking aspect allows you to combine original historical documents and records found on the site with what you have in your own albums and shoeboxes to create an online memorial for someone who served.
Or, take a look at Heritage Quest from your home computer, using your library card to access thousands of census records and more.
Newspapers.com, distributed by ProQuest, provides access to thousands of newspapers to find obituaries, photos, birth records, and more from the 1700’s to 2000’s. Access 158+ million pages. To log in: enter your library card number. If your library card number ends with a + sign, substitute the number 1.
Useful Links
Franklin County probate file packets are available on microfilm at the Four Rivers Genealogical Society.
Missouri Digital Heritage is a collaborative effort that dramatically expands the amount of information available online about Missouri’s past. The Quick Links provide Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1971, and a Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910.
Microfilm
| Name | Date range(s) | Name | Date range(s) |
| Federal Census | 1820-1930
Missing 1880-1900 |
Missouri Confederate Amnesty Papers | 1865-1867 |
| Franklin County Census | 1876 | Record of Appointment | 1832-1971 |
| Franklin County Circuit Court Records | March 1819-1956 | Special Census of Union | 1890 |
| Franklin County Deed Records | 1819-1969 Deed of Trust: 1962-1969
Missing Deed of Trust book 142 (1969?) |
St. Clair Chronicle | March 1927-May 1985 |
| Franklin County Military Registrants | Dec 1869-April 1974 | St. Clair Missourian | Jan 1999-Dec 2004 Missing June 2002 and Aug 2004 |
| Franklin County Record | Sept 1874-Nov 1890 | St. John’s UCC Church | 1875-1936 |
| Franklin County Records | Abstract Index to Deeds: 1870-1887
Deeds: 1819-1883 Missing 1876-1884 Index to Marriage: 1819-1914 Probate: 1868-1892 Probate-Administrator Bonds: 1836-1911 Probate-Administrator Letters: 1869-1872 Probate-Inventory, Appraisement and Sale Bill: 1856-1872 |
The Sullivan News/Tri-County News | July 1901-May 1985 Missing Jan 1955-Dec 1956 (Tri-County News) |
| Franklin County Tribune and Tribune Republic | June 1887-Dec 1977 | Union Missourian | Jan 1997-Dec 2007 Missing 2006 |
| Gerald, MO | 1969-1988 | Washington Citizen | Dec 1907-Aug 1984 |
| Independent News | Jan 1985-Dec 1998 | Washington Missourian | May 1939-May 2011 Missing 1968, 1997-2003 |
| Leslie United Methodist Church | 1841-1875, 1842-1863, 1873-1899, 1918-1929, 1933-196? | Wills | 1819-1926 |
| Name | Date range(s) | Name | Date range(s) |
| Bland Courier | May 6, 1904-Dec 30, 1910
Missing 1911-1912 Jan 3, 1913-Mar 31, 1916 Apr 7, May 19, June 2, 1916 and Sept 2, 1921 (one reel) Jan 6, 1911-Dec 20, 1912 and Jan 5, 1923-Dec 19, 1924 (one reel) Jan 5, 1917-Dec 27, 1918 Sept 9, 1921-Dec 22, 1922 Missing 1925 Mar 26, 1926-Dec 28, 1939 Missing 1940-1942 Jan 7, 1943-June 27, 1946 Missing 1947-1962 Jan 3, 1963-Sept 28, 2011 (numerous reels) |
Gasconade Republican | Oct 22, 1899-June 3, 1897
April 25, 1902-June 27, 1902 Jan 2, 1903-Nov 10, 1905 Dec 27, 1907-Dec 31, 1909 Nov 17, 1905-Dec 30, 1910 Jan 6, 1911-Dec 27, 1912 Missing 1913 Jan 1, 1915-Sept 13, 1918 Sept 20, 1918-Oct 9, 1925 Jan 3, 1919-Dec 29, 1925 Oct 16, 1925-Dec 30, 1998 Missing 1999-2002 Jan 1, 2003-Oct 26, 2011 |
| Census (Gasconade, Franklin, and others) | 1840
1850 1860 1870 1880 1909 1910 |
Special Census of Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War (includes Gasconade, Franklin, and 18 other counties) | 1890 |
New Haven
| Name | Date range(s) | Name | Date range(s) |
| New Haven Leader | 1903-1952
Missing 1953-1956 1957-1998 |
Federal Census | 1830-1930
Missing 1890 |
Pacific
| Name | Date range(s) | Name | Date range(s) |
| Census | 1830-1930 | Our County Newspaper | 1882-1887 |
| Meramac Valley Transcript Newspaper | 1895-1995 | Tri-County Newspaper | 1997-1998
2001-2004 |
Hermann
| Name | Date range(s) | Name | Date range(s) |
| Census | 13 rolls, 2 rolls for 1830 and 1880 | Hermann Advertiser Courier | 1875-July 2011 |
| City of Hermann | 17 rolls | Hermann Volksblatt (in German) | 1899-April 1928 |
| Deeds | 10 rolls | Marriage | 4 rolls |
| Gasconade County | 10 rolls | Probate | 3 rolls |
| Gasconade County Letters | 1 roll | Wills | 3 rolls |
| Gasconade County/Richland Township | 1 roll |
Warrenton
| Name | Date range(s) | Name | Date range(s) |
| Federal Population Census Records for Warren County | 1840-1930 | Warren County Guardians and Curators Settlements | (on order) |
| Immanuel United Church of Christ (Wright City, MO) | 1896-1987 | Warren County Probate Records | (on order) |
| Immanuel United Church of Christ (Wright City, MO) Indian Camp Cemetary | 1892-1949 | Warren County Record (formerly The Marthasville Record) | Jan. 2007-Oct. 2011 |
| The Marthasville News | Dec. 1896-Dec.1897 | Warren County Vital Records | (on order) |
| The Marthasville Record | Mar. 1901-Dec. 2006 | The Warrenton Banner | Aug. 1902-Jun. 1995 |
| Warren County Administrators Settlements Records | (on order) | The Warrenton Herald | Sept. 1898-Nov. 1905 |
| Warren County Circuit Court Records | (on order) | The Warrenton Journal | Jan. 1996-Dec. 1998 |
| Warren County Deed Records | (on order) |
