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

  • Land ownership maps originally from the gov’t, 1876, 1897, 1919, ‘33,’58, ’70,’80,’90

  • Birth and Death recorded information 1883-1888

  • Marriage Indexes 1821-1922

  • Obituary copies 2000-present

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

  • Church histories

  • Cemetery locations and listing

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

  • Various Civil War resource materials

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

  • Synodical College

  • State Hospital #1

  • Missouri School for the Deaf

  • Communities

  • One-room schools

  • Westminster College

  • William Woods College/University

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 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.