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This Site is part of The MOGenWeb and The USGenWeb

Howell County is available for adoption.

If you have a local connection to Howell County or an interest in Missouri in general,

Please consider joining the MOGenWeb as a County Coordinator.
Requirements are simple, peruse them here.

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Contact Bob Jenkins if you are interested.
In addition:, we would appreciate any contribution that you would like to make to
this site: biographies, obituaries, birth, marriage, death info, grave info,
photographs....etc

 

"With Thanks to all of the former Howell County Coordinators"

 

The former Coordinators left a nice collection of resources for visiting Researchers

Most, if not all of the Pages are Static in nature, they will not be updated

but rather left in place for Information.

 

 

Rather than list the individual files, the list below will be to each Directories Index File.

Articles: Miscellaneous Collection ~ Census [1860 Slaves] ~ Churches

'Dance Hall Death Certificates' ~ Family: Assorted types of Data

Land: Maps and Homestead Certificates

Newspaper Articles ~ Obituaries ~ Odds and Ends ~ Old Queries

Photos [Huge Collection] ~ School

Howell County New Records and Resources

 

Source: A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region

A  Condensed General History,  A  Brief Descriptive History of Each county... 

And Numerous Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens...

Chicago:

Goodspeed Brothers, Publishers, 1894

Page 30

 

 Howell  County  was  organized  in  1857,  the  territory  being  taken  from  

Oregon  and  Ozark  Counties.  During  the  war  the  people  were  subjected  to  the  

tyranny  of  both  armies,  and  practically  robbed  of  its  people  and  wealth,  

not  more  than  fifty  families  remaining.  Pine,  oak  and  hickory  abound,  the  

valleys  show  a  very  rich  soil  and  the  uplands  a  sandy  loam,  when  not  covered  

with  conglomerate  rocks  and  flint.  Iron  and  lead  ores  exist  in  commercial  

quantities.  In  1838  a  pioneer  settlement  was  made  near  West  Plains,  and  the  

development  of  the  soil  was  begun.  Since  that  time  the  country  has  become  

a  cotton  and  tobacco  producer,  but  the  cultivation  of  the  staple  grains  is 

attended  to  and  great  crops  of  corn,  wheat  and  oats  are  raised.  The  county  

was  credited  with  18,618  inhabitants  in  1890,  of  whom  there  were  1,865  in  Ben-  

ton  Township,  664  in  Chapel,  1,482  in  Day  Creek,  1,120  in  Goldsberry  (includ-  

ing  Mountain  View  Village),  3,906 in  Howell  (including  2,091  in  West  Plains  

Sityy 1,176 in  Hutton  Valley,  882 in  Myatt,  1466 in  Sisson,  1,141  in South  Fork,  

2,129  in  Spring  Creek, 2,787  in  Willow  Springs  (including  813 in  the  first  and  

722  in  the  second  ward of Willow  Springs  City,  or  1,535  urban).  The  postal  

towns  are  Amy,  Bly,  Brandsville,  Burnham,  Chapin, China,  Christy,  Cobalt, 

 

Here are the Indexes

Read Online or Download the Book

 

 Howell County Communities

 


Howell Cemeteries: Online Resources
F~A~G [online] F~A~G [Howell [Old List]  ~ Genealogy Trails ~ LDS, Genealogical Resources [Cemeteries]
American Cemeteries, MO ~ Missouri Cemetery Registry ~ MO Gravestone Project
People Legacy, Cemeteries, Memorials ~ People Legacy: Burial Records

There was one file for a cemetery: Oakside [Edited in 2008]

 

Maps

Historical Landmarks ~ ILGenWeb Project ~ Maps from the MO Historical Society
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Scroll Down] ~ USGS Maps for Missouri
Maps from the MO Historical Society
The American Civil War in Missouri
Digitized Newspapers from the Civil War Era
Plat Maps ~ Digital Library of Missouri
Interactive Atlas ~ David Rumsey Collection
USGS Historical Topo's ~ Missouri State and Regional Maps 

"Route 66"
"Map Geeks" State and Township Maps ~ Getty Geographical Thesaurus

Bureau of Land Management
USGS Maps for Missouri ~ Missouri State and Regional Maps
Historical Maps ~ Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles 

 Surveyor's Base Maps
Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps ~ MapGoose

 "The History of Plat Books"

 

Newspapers, Miscellaneous Historical Resources

'Ask an Archivist'
National Archives
New Reference Service

 

Digital Newspaper Project [MO Digital newspapers]
Free Digital Newspapers:
Chronicling America ~ Google Archives 

California Digital Newspapers [There are Articles for MO]

MO Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections

 

Military Resources

Until a new County Coordinator adopts Schuyler,
Military Resources have been gleaned from Family Search
and formatted into Searchable PDf files:
There are two sets of pages:Link 1 ~ Link 2

Here is the link for the National Archives: A Great Resource

The American Revolutionary War

Vietnam Casualties ~ Civil War Documents

Search:  DAR ~ GAR ~ SAR

 Lookups:

Until a new County Coordinator takes over, there are no Lookup Volunteers.

If, in the meantime, you wish to become a Volunteer, Please Contact Bob for particulars

 Search for Living People: Zaba Search ~ RAOGK
Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies and [Research Requests]
The above list has local resources, web pages and information that may help with research.

 "The Fine Print"

The MOGenWeb Admin Team
SC: Martha Graham
ASC: Bob Jenkins
ASC & Tech Advisor: Lynda Peach

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