PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW LIST OF PAST FEATURE ARTICLES PLATTE COUNTY MISSOURI GENEALOGY RESEARCHThere are many resources for those who wish to research their Platte County heritage. Listed here are only a few of the many places and tools available for those who research their Platte County roots.Ben Ferrel Museum Library The library, located in the lower level of the Ben Ferrel Museum, at 220 Ferrel Street in Platte City, has many resources available for researchers. Admission is free to PCHS members and non-members can research for a modest fee. The library has one computer, two microfilm readers (one with printing capacity), and one printer. The library has an excellent collection of books on Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee (where many Platte County settlers came from), as well as Pennsylvania and other states. The library has a large collection of historical society newsletters from other locations in the United States with strong Platte County ties. In the lobby area are boxes of Archival Records with news clippings, photos, etc., of towns, families, politics, agriculture and tobacco, cemeteries, Civil War and other military topics. The
library contains many donated family histories; Platte County obituaries from
area newspapers from the late 1970’s to the present; some individual family
scrapbooks of family obituaries; and donated reference books on miscellaneous
topics including beginning research guides to assist genealogists.
There are photos and scrapbooks from the Eleemosynenary Society as well
as notebooks from the Platte City Study Club, and historical society scrabooks
with photos, newspaper clippings, etc. The library has paper copies of (1) transcribed Platte County census records from 1839-1870: (2) marriage records from 1839-1885; (3) probate book index with microfilm; (4) county cemetery records; (5) atlases from 1877 and 1907 and a large wall map from 1899. Platte
County newspapers on microfilm in the library include: Weston Chronicle
(1886-1904); The Weston Border Times (1864-1870); The Landmark (1871-1881;
1890-1893, and 1899-2004); The Argus (1898-1929); Edgerton Journal (1898-1903
and 1914-1928); Edgerton Gospel Herald (1903); Dearborn Democrat (1890 and
1898-1913); Platte County News from Camden Point (1917-1918); Parkville
Independent (1897-1899); Weston World (1898-1901); Platte County Reveille
(1869-1871); Platte County World from Parkville (1901);
Weston Commercial and Weekly Platte Argus (single copies 1854-1871). In
addition, one roll of microfilm contains single issues of:
The Weekly Platte Argus (1854, 1855); The Weston Reporter (1850, 1855);
Platte County Sentinel (1863); The Western Mail (1860, 1862); The Weston
Commercial (1874, 1875, 1876, 1879, 1880); Missouri Commercial (1872); Border
Times Journal (1906, 1907); and Platte County Views (1968). Archives
Room The
Archives Room, operated by the Platte County Historical Society, is located in
the old Platte County High School, and which is now called the Platte County
Community Center. It is accessed by traveling south on 4thfrom its intersection with Branch Street (Highway 92), to the first intersection (Zed Martin Street) then turn right (west) on Zed Martin Street. The
archives room is at the west end of the building, last door at the west
end of the building. Hours are from
about 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursdays. The
Archives Room offers (1) Probate Records (except wills which are at the
courthouse) in old boxes; (2)
Circuit Court records microfilmed and indexed up to the 1860’s.
After that date they are still in the process of being prepared for
microfilming by the State of Missouri; (3) Many abstracts that belonged to
Murdoch & Newby Abstract Company; and (4) miscellaneous items including
pictures donated by estates as well as periodicals and articles out of
newspapers.
In addition to the Platte County Historical Society’s Historical Library and the Archives Room in Platte City, other possible resources for Platte County reseachers include the following:
Platte County Newspapers
on Microfilm
For those willing to journey
down to Columbia, Mo., the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Newspaper
Library, located at 1020 Lowry Street on the University of Missouri campus,
contains hundreds of microfilms of newspapers from throughout the state.
Hours are Monday, Wednesday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00p.m.; Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Included are newspapers dating back to the 1800’s and
many papers that no longer exist. Some microfilm rolls are available through
interlibrary loan. For more
information visit their website at http://shs.umsystem.edu/newspaper.shtml Platte County newspapers on microfilm at the Newspaper
Library and dates of available newspapers are: CAMDEN POINT
- Home Bee Oct 12, 1908; Platte
County News (w) Dec 7, 1917-Nov 1, 1918
DEARBORN - Democrat
(w) - Nov 21-Dec 26, 1890; Jly 1, 1898-Dec 28, 1900; Jly 26, 1901-May 31, 1923;
Sep 12, 1941-Jly 7, 1977
EDGERTON - Citizen
(w) - Jly 21, 1967-Dec 30, 1977; Gospel
Herald (w) Jan 7-Oct 7, 1903; Journal
(w) - Jan 6, 1898-Dec 20, 1900; Sep 3-Dec 10, 1903; Jan 9, 1914-Sep 17,
1942; Platte County Citizen (w) - Jan 6,
1978-Sep 23, 1983
FERRELLVIEW - Suburban
Views (w) - Oct 18, 1973-Aug 25, 1977
PARKVILLE - Independent
(w) - Dec 16, 1897-Jly 6, 1899; North
Kansas City Platte Dispatch (w) - Jan 2, 1969-Dec 30, 1971;
Northland Gazette (w) - Sep 5,
1985-Jun 1, 1988; Platte County Gazette (w) -
Jly 13, 1899-Dec 27, 1900; Sep 26, 1901-Aug 29, 1985; Jun 8, 1988-Jan 28, 1998; Platte
County Sun-Gazette (w) - Feb 4, 1998-present; Platte
County World (w) - Aug 19, 1900-Nov 28, 1901
PLATTE CITY – Atlas
- Sep 5, Oct 3, 10, 31, Dec 19, 1863; Jan 30, 1864; Landmark
(w) - Jun 9, 1871-Feb 4, 1881; Oct 10, 1890-Jun 2, 1893; Aug 4, 1893-Sep
14, Nov 2, 1900; Jan 4, 1901-present; Platte
Argus (w) - Feb 16, 1847; Jan 14, 1848-Feb 16, 1849;
Platte County Advocate - Apr 21, 1876;
Oct 4, 1878; Platte
County Argus (w) - Jan 6, 1898-Dec 31, 1925;
Platte County Citizen (w) - Sep 30,
1983-Dec 6, 2001; May 7, 2003-present; Platte
County Conservator - Jly 19, Sep 6, 20, 24, Oct 4, 11, 25-Nov 1, Dec
6-13, 27, 1862; Jan 10-31, Feb 21, Mar 7-Apr 11, May 9, 1863;
Platte County Reveille (w) - Jly 6,
1866-Jun 2, 1871; Platte
County Sentinel - Mar 24, Apr 7, Jun 23, 1864
WESTON - Border
Times (w) - Feb 13-Nov 11, Dec 9, 16, 30, 1864; Jan 6, 13, Feb 3,
1865-Jan 27, Feb 16-Aug 24, Sep 21-Dec 21, 1866; Jan 4-Feb 15, Aug 9, 1867; Feb
28, 1868-Feb 18, 1870; Chronicle
(w) - May 7, 1886-present; Commercial (w)
- Dec 18, 1874; Jun 4, 1875; Nov 3, 1876; May 9, Oct 17, 1879; May 14, Sep 17,
1880; Journal - Dec 6, 1906; Oct 10, 1907;
Weston and Platte City Landmark (w)
- Jan 5, 12, Feb 2, 23, Mar 16, 23, Apr 6, May 11, 25, Jun 1, 15, Aug 10-Sep 8,
29, Oct 6-20, Nov 3-24, Dec 8, 1866; Feb 8, Jly 5, Aug 30, Sep 13, Oct 18, 1867;
Missouri Commercial - Sep 13, 1872;
Weekly Platte Argus - Dec 16, 1854;
May 12, Aug 18, 1855; Platte
County Argus (w) - Jan 7, 1926-Sep 26, 1929;
Platte County Sentinel (w) - Sep 17,
1863 (partial); Platte
County Views - Apr 11, 1968; Weston
Reporter (w) - Aug 31, 1850; Jan 11, 1855;
Western Mail (w) - Sep 5, 1860;
Jan 4 1862; Weston
World (w) - Feb 18, 1898-Jly 19, 1900
On-Line Platte County Research Some helpful online Platte County research sites
include but are not limited to: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~moplatte/
(includes links to Platte County maps, cemeteries, census, archives, and
surname list) http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/MO/Platte/
(includes links to genealogy resources) http://genforum.genealogy.com/mo/platte/
(Platte County Missouri genealogy forum - messages and queries for Platte
County families, individuals, records, locations, etc.) https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/platte/platte.htm
(includes images of various records) http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/county/platte.pdf
(a listing of Platte County records available at the Missouri Archives in
Jefferson City dating back to the mid-1800s, including Circuit Court, County
Collector, Coroner, County Clerk, Court of Common Pleas, Justice of the Peace,
Probate Court, Recorder of Deeds, School Records) http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/land/results.asp?txtName=&txtCounty=Platte&txtYear=&hSearchID=Name
(Platte County land patents 1831-1969)
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