Parkin, Robert. Guide to Tracing Your Family Tree in Missouri. St. Louis: Genealogical R & P, 1979. Call No. Local History Ref F465.P37 (2nd floor open shelf). Dated but helpful.
Census microfilm holdings complete for 1830-1880. Published statewide indexes for 1830-1860. 1870 St. Louis index. Soundex index for 1880. 1890 Civil War Union Veterans schedule. All available on 2nd floor; ask at 2nd floor reference desk.
Missouri Coroner's Inquest Database, 1842-1932. Indexes coroner's investigations in some Missouri counties, including St. Louis. From the Missouri State Archives.
Be sure to consult both the card and computer catalogs under the subject heading of the county in which you are interested in order to find the local histories and published record transcripts for that county. Also check catalogs by town/city. You may also wish to utilize the Mormon International Genealogical Index as part of the Family Search CD-ROM package located near the 2nd floor Local and Family History reference desk.
At the same CD-ROM station, consult the Family History Library (Salt Lake City) catalog. Through a loan program, microfilm can be ordered for use at the Newberry.
Bryan, William Smith. A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: With Numerous Sketches, Anecdotes, Adventures, etc.... Columbia, MO: Lucas Brothers, 1935. Call No. Local History Ref F465.B91 1935 (2nd floor open shelf). Very brief county histories along with family sketches and individual biographies. Every name index.
Eddlemon, Sherida K. Missouri Genealogical Records and Abstracts. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1990- <1993>. 5 volumes. Call No. F465.E25 1990. Each volume is indexed separately and includes the earliest records from various counties through 1839. This work is continued by Eddlemon's Missouri Genealogical Gleanings: 1840 and Beyond. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1994-<1996>. 3 volumes.
Call No. F465.E33 1994. Both include tax lists, church records, etc.
Missouri Pioneers: County and Genealogical Records. 30 volumes in 16. [Kansas City, MO], 1967-1976.
Call No. folio E 695846 .584. Each volume indexed separately. Counties covered and types of records vary for each volume.
Ormesher, Susan, compiler. Missouri Marriages Before 1840. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1982. Call No. Local History Ref F465.O75 1982 (2nd floor open shelf).
Stanley, Lois. Death Records of Pioneer Missouri Women, 1808-1849. Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Co., 1980.
Call No. folio F465.S83. Taken from newspapers. Companion volumes include:
American State Papers. Public Lands. Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1994.
Call No. Local History Ref J33.M3 1994 (2nd floor open shelf). Indexed by Phillip McMullen's Grassroots of America.... Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1994. Call No. Local History Ref J33.M3 1994, Index (2nd floor open shelf). Missouri is heavily represented.
Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal. 1981-.
Call No. folio F461.M577. Published quarterly. Subject indexing in Periodical Source Index. Call No. Local History Ref Z5301.P47 (2nd floor open shelf).
Houts, Alice Kinyoun. Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Missouri. [Kansas City?, MO: s.n.], 1966. Call No. Local History Ref E263.M5 H68 1966 (2nd floor open shelf). Data gathered by local DAR chapters; amount of information varies.
McGhee, Lucy Kate. Missouri Revolutionary Soldiers, War of 1812 and Indian Wars Pension List. Washington [1957?]. Call No. F 884 .536.
Missouri. Adjutant General. Report (1963, 1864, 1865 in three volumes). Jefferson City: 1864-1866.
Call No. Dawes U 1884.58. Union Civil War rosters.
U.S. Adjutant General's Office. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri.
Call No. Microfilm 1032. Specify soldier's surname on call slip.
World War I Service Records database.