Libraries & Genealogical Societies
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Libraries
Carthage Public Library
612 S. Garrison
Carthage MO, 64836
Phone: (417)237-7040
Fax: (417)237-7041
Email: carthage@carthagelibrary.org
Library Hours:
Monday-Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday - Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday Closed
The Library has the following genealogical resources:
Newspapers on Microfilm:
| Carthage City Directories | 1888 - Present |
| Carthage Democrat | roughly 1866 - Present
On Microfilm |
| Carthage Evening Press |
| Carthage Press |
| Carthage Morning Democrat | Jan. 3, 1897 to Jun. 26, 1897 |
| Carthage Patriot | Jun. 27, 1876 to May 27, 1878 |
| Carthage People's Press | May 1, 1879 to Dec. 28, 1882 |
| Carthage Weekly Banner | Mar. 10, 1870 to Dec. 25, 1873 |
| Jan. 1, 1874 to 1875 |
| 1877 to July 3, 1879 |
| Jan. 1, 1880 to Dec. 23, 1880 |
| Jan. 5, 1882 to Dec. 27, 1883 |
| Jan. 8, 1884 to Dec. 29, 1887 |
| Carthage Weekly Press | Jan. 1, 1885 to Sept. 1, 1921 |
| Jasper County Democrat | Aug. 30, 1884 to Aug. 21, 1885 |
| Dec. 8, 1898 to Dec. 17, 1942 |
| Jasper County News | Oct. 1, 1901 to Dec. 29, 1903 |
- Jasper County Census 1850 - 1920
- Obituary file 1980 - present
- Park Cemetery Records
- Colleen Belk's Jasper County Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions
- City Directories 1888 - present (missing some early years)
- Carthage Senior High School Yearbooks 1913 - present
- Knell Mortuary Records 1884 - 1940
- Some Jasper County Marriage and Probate Records
- Some DAR Lineage Books
- Various published Jasper County Histories
- Jasper County Plat Books 1875 and 1895
- Sanborn Maps 1888 - 1936
- Local History File
Joplin Public Library
300 South Main Street
Joplin, MO 64801-2384
Phone: 417-623-7953
Fax: 417-624-5217
Reference: 417-624-5465
Children's Department: 417-623-2184
Library Hours
Sunday 1:00pm-5:00pm
Monday 9:00am-9:00pm
Tuesday 9:00am-6:00pm
Wednesday 9:00am-6:00pm
Thursday 9:00am-9:00pm
Friday 9:00am-6:00pm
Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm
The Library has the following genealogical resources:
- City Directories
- Funeral Home Records
- Colleen Belks Tombstone Inscriptions of Jasper County
- Obituary Indexes for the Joplin Globe
- Obituary File
Webb City Library
101 S. Liberty St.
Webb City, MO 64870
Phone: (417)673-4326
Fax: (417)673-5703
Library Email: info@webbcitylibrary.com
Genealogy Email: webbcitygen@gmail.com with Genealogy in the subject line
The Genealogical Society will do research limited at their library for a fee of $10.00
plus the cost of copies and postage.
They also have for sale the following:
- 17 Volumes of "Jasper County Tombstone Inscriptions and Historical
Miscellany", by Colleen Belk and the Index of the 17 volumes. Each volume sells for
$15.00 and the Index sells for $25.00.
- "Mine Accidents and Deaths in the Southwestern Area of Jasper County Missouri 1907-1923", in 3 volumes.
Contact the Genealogical Society for more information.
Genealogy Web Page: www.rootsweb.com/~mowcags
Phone: (417)673-0398
Genealogy Room Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:00am - 8:00pm
Wednesday and Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday 11:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday Closed
The Library has the following genealogical resources:
FILES
Area History
Alba, Brick School, Carterville, Duenweg, Jasper County History, Oronogo, Peace Cemetery, Pleasant Valley School, Preserverence, Prosperity, Sherwood.
Cemetery Records:
- Carter-Laxon Cemetery, Carterville, MO
- Carterville Cemetery, Carterville, MO
- Fasken Cemetery
- Forest Park Cemetery, Joplin, MO
- Old Baptist Cemetery, Joplin, MO
- Oronogo Cemetery, Oronogo, MO
- Peace Church Cemetery, Carl Junction, MO
- Webb City Cemetery, Webb City, MO
- (Many other miscellaneous cemetery records.)
Family History: Abrams to Zoller (About 50 - 60 families)
Obituary Files: Indexed from local newspapers.
BOOKS
Funeral Home Records:
- Frank-Sievers Mortuary, Joplin, MO
- Hedge-Lewis ____ to 1940, Webb City, MO
- Hedge-Lewis 1940 to 1965, Webb City, MO
- Humphrey Mortuary Records, Lamar, MO
- Knell Mortuary, Carthage, MO
- Lampher Mortuary Records, Joplin, MO
- Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary, Joplin, MO
- Ulmer Funeral Home, Carthage, MO
Biographical Record of Jasper County, MO
Census Indices 1850 to 1880
City Directories of Joplin, Carthage, Webb City. (scattered years from 1905)
Civil War Stories and Data of Southwest Missouri and Tombstones Vol. 17, Part One.
Early Birth Records Vol. X 1880's to 1890's.
Early Death Records 1883 to 1892
Index to Tombstone Inscriptions
Jasper County History 1883
Jasper County History 1912
Jasper County Marriage Records 1841 to 1881
Jasper County, Missouri Abstract of Original Land Entries
Jasper County, Missouri Poor Farm Records 1875 to 1910
Local High School Yearbooks from about 1900
Mine Accidents and Deaths in the Southwestern Area of Jasper County, Missouri Vol. I
Tombstone Inscriptions of Jasper County, MO Vol. I - IX
Tombstone Inscriptions of Jasper County, MO Vol. XI -XVI
MICROFILM:
Newspapers:
- Carl Junction: 1898 to 1982
- Carthage: 1866 to 1892
- Oronogo: 1901 to 1905
- Sarcoxie: 1898 to 1976
- Webb City: 1901 to 1990
MICROFICHE:
Census (Federal):
- 1790 North Carolina
- 1790 South Carolina
- 1820 Indiana
- 1840 Arkansas (index)
- 1860 South Carolina (census index)
- 1890 Missouri Veterans Census/ Second Edition
- Destiny of the Scotch Irish (2 Sheets).
- Georgia Marriages: Early to 1800
- History of New Jersey Countries; Hunterson and Somerset Counties (20 Sheets)
- History of Missouri Counties: Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Washington (17 Sheets)
- History of Pennsylvania Counties: Berks County (13 Sheets)
- IGI Microfiche: All States, 1992
- Illinois Marriages: Early to 1825
- Indiana Marriages: Early to 1825
- Missouri Marriages: Early to 1825
- North Carolina Marriages: Early to 1800
- North Carolina Marriages: 1801 to 1825
- Parish and Vital Records Lists: Argentina, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Mexico, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, U.S. (14 Sheets).
- Tennessee Marriages: Early to 1800
- Tennessee Marriages: 1808 to 1825
- Virginia Marriages: Early to 1800
Genealogical & Historical Societies
Joplin Genealogical Society
306. S Wall
Joplin, MO 64801
Phone # 624-3125
Our dues are: Single $15.00 per year; Family $20.00 per year
Webb City Historical Society
c/o One South Main #3
Webb City, Missouri 64870
Phone: (417) 673-5866
E-Mail address: eileenrichardson@hotmail.com
Membership Dues:
Individual - $10.00/year
Family - $15.00/year
Institutional - $20.00/year
Business - $25.00/year
Sustaining - $50/year
Life - $150/one time
The society puts out a newsletter to the membership.
Webb City Area Genealogical Society
101 S. Liberty St.
Webb City, MO 64870
Phone: (417) 673-0398
E-mail address: webbcitygen@gmail.com
The society publishes a newsletter called "The Miner" as well as their own genealogy books.
Southwest Missouri Genealogical Society
Community Room, Bank of Carthage
231 South Main Street
Carthage, MO 64836
Ozarks Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 3945
Springfield, MO 65808-3945
E-Mail address: ogsoc@sbcglobal.net
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