RESOURCES

 

El Dorado Springs Library

808 S. Main St., El Dorado Springs, MO.

Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Sunday:  Closed

 

Stockton Library

717 East St., Stockton, MO  65785

Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Sunday:  Closed

 

Nevada Public Library Genealogy Department

218 West Walnut Street, Nevada, Missouri  64772

Monday, Wednesday, Friday:  9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday:  9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday:  9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Sunday and Federal & State Holidays:  Closed
 

Things to know:

--Wi-fi is available at each of the libraries.

--The El Dorado Springs and Stockton Libraries maintain Cedar County resources.

--The Cedar County Libraries and Nevada Library are Missouri Evergreen Libraries; however, many family research resources must be used in the library and cannot be checked out.

--Genealogical resources at these libraries are not included at https://www.worldcat.org; you must search the library's catalog.

--The Nevada MO Public Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library and has a large selection of regional resources.

--Genealogical resources are available during regular library hours without charge.

--The Missouri Newspaper Archives and the Midwest Genealogy Center have interlibrary loan programs for some of their genealogy resources.

 

Affiliate Library:  The Nevada Public Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library.

 

Biographies:  Biographies, newspaper articles, photographs, obituaries, and researcher provided information on former residents of Cedar County, Missouri and nearby areas.

 

Births and Deaths:  Information and links for researching births and researching deaths.

 

Cemeteries:  See www.findagrave.com for volunteer submitted cemetery information and photos of gravestones.

 

Census Records:  Free census searches are available on your local library's website at the HeritageQuest link (requires a library card for access from home) and on many websites including https://www.familysearch.org (requires free account).

 

County Records on Microfilm: A list of records on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives for all Missouri counties.

 

Courthouse and County Employees.

 

Daughters of the American Revolution: The DAR Descendants Database contains well over one million lineages of women who have joined and submitted supplemental applications to DAR for verification and approval. The Descendants Database can be searched online at https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=5&Tab_ID_Sub=2&Action=Search. Newer applications correct any errors in older lineages. Recommend always use Advanced Search in the Descendants Database. Enter the man's surname in the top section and the woman's maiden or given name below. Fill in as little information as possible to conduct a search; add more information to narrow search results if too many are received. Entries are listed chronologically in the Associated Applications and Supplementals list; newest lineages are at the bottom of the list. See Overview and Help for DAR searches on the site.

 

Family Group Sheets:  User submitted family group sheets.

 

FamilySearch: Familysearch.org Requires a free account with email address. All Cedar Co, MO resources are at: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/results?q.place=Cedar%2C%20Missouri%2C%20United%20States

Every-word text search: https://www.familysearch.org/en/labs/

Cedar Co Circuit Court Records: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/318506

Cedar Co Deed Records 1845-1944: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/218457

MO Probates by County:  https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/image/index?owc=https://www.familysearch.org/service/cds/recapi/collections/2399107/waypoints

 

Forms:  Blank family history forms for recording information by computer or to print and manually complete are available from Midwest Genealogy Center https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/research/family-history-forms (scroll down on page).

 

Histories Online:  Search the Missouri State Library Sponsored Project of Missouri county histories from across the state at Missouri Digital Heritage https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mocohist.

 

History: 

--Reprint of the Aaron Sims articles "Cedar County places we've never been...and a few we have"

--Cedar County information from the History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889 published by Goodspeed.

--Early Days in Cedar County.  1908 by F. M. Williams, Kansas City, Missouri: Punton-Clark Publishing Co. Missouri Digital Heritage.

--Search the Missouri State Library Sponsored Project of Missouri County histories from across the state. Missouri Digital Heritage.

 

Land, Deeds, and Maps:  Land records and links to help find your ancestor's land.

 

Marriages:

 

Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO:  Special Collections at https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy

 

Military: Information and links outside this website.

     Civil War Years in Cedar County

     Civil War in Cedar County and Some who Served from this Area

     1868 Registered Voters in Cedar County

     1890 Cedar County Veterans Census

 

Missouri Digital Heritage: https://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/  Millions of records accessible from this search screen.

 

Missouri GenWeb: https://www.mogenweb.org/ Links to all Missouri GenWeb counties, special projects, and more.

 

Missouri State Archives: https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/ Quick Links to various state resources including the State Penitentiary Database.

 

Missouri State Genealogical Association: https://mosga.org/ Links for research and to Journal index, Missouri 1st Families programs, Surname Lists, etc.

 

Newsletters of the Local Genealogy Society:  For several years from 2003 and 2017, the Cedar and Vernon County Genealogical Society published a small monthly newsletter that included how-to articles and transcriptions of obituaries and interesting local newspaper stories and articles. In 2022 the Society again began publication a newsletter as a benefit of membership. Links to previous newsletters can be read here.

 

Newspapers:  Cedar County newspapers, how to research ancestors in microfilmed newspapers, and indices and finding aids links.

 

Organizations: Information on various Cedar County organizations and members. 

 

Other Research Links:  Links off of this website for bordering counties, special projects, land records and maps, local entities, and more.

 

PERiodical Source Index at the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana. PERSI contains thousands of indexed genealogical and historical society periodicals, including the Genealogical Society's Newsletter. Access the index at https://www.genealogycenter.info/persi/.

 

Photos - Miscellaneous:  Pictures and scenes from around Cedar County.

 

Photos - Unidentified:  Can you identify people in any of these pictures?

 

Place Names, Cedar County, Missouri: The State Historical Society of Missouri, Manuscript Collection.

 

Queries and Message Board Posts: Archived queries and message posts from late 1990s. Email addresses may no longer be correct, but some information may be helpful in your research.

 

Record Loss:  There is no known record loss.

 

Schools:  Information and pictures of some of the early Cedar County schools. Search Missouri Evergreen for specific resources at libraries.

 

Sons of the American Revolution: https://sarpatriots.sar.org/ Search SAR Revolutionary War patriots at this link.

 

Surnames Researched:  Surnames in Cedar County being researched by others. Unfortunately, many email addresses are no longer valid.

 

Towns & Townships: Collections of information and stories about the cities, towns, and populated placed in Cedar County. Coming later.