Visit the KCHS Research Center to peruse the available material with or without assistance. If you require our assistance in genealogical research, the associated fees are listed below. Our resources include the following:

  • Probate records (original documents) 1821-1950

  • Guardianship and Incompetency cases 1821-1950

  • Circuit Court cases are currently being indexed

  • Birth and Death recorded information 1883-1888

  • Marriage Indexes 1821-1922

  • Obituary copies (over 19,000 and counting)

  • Obituary indexes from Auxvasse, Fulton and Mokane newspapers as well as the surrounding counties of Audrain, Boone, Cole and Montgomery.

  • Original land entries, plus land ownership maps originally from the gov’t, 1876, 1897, 1919, ‘33,’58, ’70,’80,’90

  • Church histories

  • Cemetery locations and listings: three sets of cemetery listings, created at widely differing time frames:
    — Baumgartner & Baynham - 1931 thru 1935 - ~200 Cemeteries

    — Ewens & Lawson - 1981 thru 1985 - 192 Cemeteries

    — Paul A. Johnson - 2001 thru 2014 - 200+ Cemeteries

  • State census 1848,’52,’56,’64,’68 and 1876

  • Various Civil War resource materials

List of Guardianship and Incompetency cases 1821-1950
List of Probate records 1821-1950

The Society has compiled binders with photographs and newspaper clippings on a variety of historical subjects:

  • One-room schools

  • Synodical College

  • Westminster College

  • William Woods College/University

  • Businesses & Homes

  • Communities

  • Family Histories

  • State Hospital #1

  • Missouri School for the Deaf

For those looking for family history information we also have individual files, compiled notebooks, and published volumes from previous research by the families or by our staff.

The Research Center is open Tuesday-Friday
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and on the 1st Saturday of each month
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For questions about availability of specific records please contact us:

research@callawaymohistory.org

(573) 826-2460

A state archivist works at the Research Center one day a week to help prepare files for microfilming.

KCHS volunteers assisting with archival projects.

We offer additional assistance in genealogical research for the following fees:

  • Preliminary research – $10.00 fee for research by staff at our facility, plus cost of copies.

  • In-depth research – $20.00 fee plus cost of copies.

  • Probate & Guardianship records – $5.00 per record plus copies

  • Copies/scans of pages – $0.25 per page

Pay research fees

Please remit the preliminary research fee and we will begin our search. We will notify you if we need to go to other facilities to finish our search and additional fees, if they apply.