Exhibitor Profile-Missouri State Archives

Booth #311

Located at 600 W. Main St. in Jefferson City, the Missouri State Archives is the main repository for state records of permanent historical value. Our holdings date from 1770 and include records from all branches of state government. Of greatest interest to the genealogical community are our birth, marriage, death, land, military, court, naturalization, and penitentiary records.

Genealogists researching state records online are likely aware that many of these are available through our Online Research Room and the Missouri Digital Heritage website. These records, however, are only a small portion of the more than 336 million pages of paper records; 770,000 photographs; 9,000 maps; 63,000 reels of microfilm; and 560 cubic feet of published state documents in the collection of the Missouri State Archives.

Our reference staff is happy to accept research requests both by email (archref@sos.mo.gov) and postal mail (PO Box 1747, Jefferson City, MO 65102), while in-person access is available through our research room (open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday).

Come by Booth #311 and share your research with Missouri State Archives’ staff. They may be able to help you add a missing limb to your family tree!

Exhibitor Profile-Missouri State Archives