Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Closed
Monday-Wednesday-Friday
Saturday and Sunday
Museum Hours
By Appointment
Only
Admission Fees
Adults (18+) $5
Seniors (55+) $4
Children (K-12) $3
Children (5 & under) Free
Members Free
Museum is open by appointment Only
(Call 573-635-1850)
Cultural Resources
Helpful Links
General Resource Sites
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Cole County Discussion Board @ RootsWeb
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Census Images Cole Co. 1830 & 1840
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WorldConnect Project Gedcoms Online
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Genealogy Mailing Lists RootsWeb
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The Genealogy Page NARA
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Free Genealogy RootsWeb
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Cyndi's List List of Genealogy Links
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Olive Tree Genealogy Genealogy Articles
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Digital Collections Virtually Missouri
City, County & State Government
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City of Jefferson
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City Clerk of Jefferson City
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Cole County, Missouri
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State Government Home Page
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Office of the Governor
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Attorney General
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House of Representatives
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Senate
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Secretary of State
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Auditor
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Treasurer
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Supreme Court
Rootsweb County Sites
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Missouri GenWeb
Historical & Genealogical Societies
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Morgan County HS
Cemetery Related Sites
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Cemetery Transcriptions & Info. @ Interment.net
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Missouri Cemeteries @ Rootsweb
Local Links
Primarily for Research:
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Origins of Missouri Counties (from the Missouri State Archives)
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Historical Census Statistical Data (from the University of Virginia)
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1776 List of St. Louis Inhabitants (from the St. Louis Genealogical Society)
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1805 Partial List of Inhabitants of the Missouri Territory (from the St. Louis Genealogical Society)
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1805 St. Louis Tax List (from the St. Louis Genealogical Society)
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1850 Federal Census - Missouri (census page images posted by Ed & Sandy Mackley)
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1880 Federal Census - U.S. (from FamilySearch.org)
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Information from Naturalization Records in St. Louis Circuit Court (from the St. Louis Genealogical Society)
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Index to Naturalization Records in U.S. Circuit Court in St. Louis (from the St. Louis County Library)
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Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1955 (from the Missouri State Archives)
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St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project: Freedom Suits & suits related to Lewis and Clark
(images of each page of each case file from the Missouri State Archives & Washington University) -
Missouri Supreme Court Database (from the Missouri State Archives)
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St. Louis Probate Records, 1802-1900 (from the Missouri State Archives)
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Information about and Partial Index to Slave Compensation Claims (from the St. Louis County Library)
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North American Slave Narratives (word searchable collections from the University of North Carolina)
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First-Person Narratives of the American South (word searchable collections from the University of North Carolina)
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The Church in the Southern Black Community (word searchable collections from the University of North Carolina)
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American Memory (word searchable collections from the Library of Congress)
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Making of America (word searchable books and articles from the University of Michigan)
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Making of America (word searchable books and articles from Cornell University)
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Civil War Soldiers and Sailors (from the National Park Service)
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Missouri Soldiers from the War of 1812 to WWI Database (from the Missouri State Archives)
Biographical Links:
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Biography of Dr. John W. Armstrong (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
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Joseph Blackburn Bass (1863-1934) African American History in the West Vignette
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Biography of Dudley C. Bass (Source: Progressive Men of the State of Montana)
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Biography of John Beezley (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
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Biography of Joel J. Bond (Source: Progressive Men of the State of Montana)
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Burrus/Burris Notes Search for the parents of Mastin Burris of Miller County, Missouri (Source: Marsha Hoffman Rising)
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Peternell Family Place includes Campbell
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Stacey Hoffmann Family Tree Main surnames are Collins, Casey, Fitzgerald, Haggard, Tunnel or Tunnell, Thompson, High and Ball
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Biography of Grant Clabourn (Source: Digital Library of the KSGenWeb)
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Talley-Ho includes Clendennen
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Biography of C. L. Coon (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
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Biography of Charles L. Dahler (Source: Progressive Men of the State of Montana)
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Biography of William D. Davis (Source: Digital Library of the KSGenWeb)
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Biography of Margaret R. (Denney) Harris Widow of J. H. Harris (Source: Digital Library of the KSGenWeb)
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Biography of William S. Duncan (Source: Progressive Men of the State of Montana)
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FamilyHart Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy Database includes Elliott
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Biography of William J. Francis (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
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Biography of R. W. Friend (Source: USGenWeb Arkansas Archives)
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Biography of Eliza J. (Wallace) Gerhardt (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
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Descendants of John "Conkey" Gilmore (Source: Flebbe's Genealogy)
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Biography of Allan Percival Green Who's Who and What to See in Florida, 1935 (Source: Florida Center for Library Automation)
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Biography of Allen J. Greer (Source: USGenWeb Minnesota Archives)
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Biography of Allen J. Greer (Source: USGenWeb Minnesota Archives)
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Biography of J. B. Hein (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
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Biography of Edward T. Herndon (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
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Biography of Isaac M. Hinds (Source: Digital Library of the KSGenWeb)
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Holt A family from Virginia
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Biography of Richard J. Hopkins (Source: Digital Library of the KSGenWeb)
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Biography of Richard Joseph Hopkins (Source: Digital Library of the KSGenWeb)
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Biography of Jacob R. Houx 1886 Livingston County History, Livingston County Library
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Biography of G. S. Howard (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
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Biography of James William Legg (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
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Biography of Jep Hansen Mailand (Source: Digital Library of the KSGenWeb)
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Deacon William McNeil Fran's Genealogy Page
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Tracy Family History includes Moon, Woods, Wallace, McDowell, and Proctor
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Daniel Perry and Caroline Jordan Family Group (Source: Genealogies of Some Georgia Families)
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Tracy Family History includes Moon, Woods, Wallace, McDowell, and Proctor
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Biography of Dr. George Washington Robertson (Source: USGenWeb Arkansas Archives)
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Emma (Terrill) Salisbury included in Wyoming Biography Database
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Emma (Terrill) Salisbury included in Wyoming Biography Database
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Biography of John Vogel (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)