Information on our ancestors can appear anywhere, and newspapers, magazines, photographs, and other published material offer avenues for exploration as you research your family.
Periodicals
St. Louis has been home to dozens of newspapers and magazines throughout its history.
- List of St. Louis Newspapers
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index (St. Louis Public Library website)
- St. Louis Globe-Democrat Clipping Files Names Index (Mercantile Library St. Louis Globe-Democrat Clippings Collection)
Periodicals can be a great source of a wide variety of information, from life events of all kinds to interesting tidbits of gossip. Here are some articles we have digitized.
- Burial Permits, 14 April 1900
- Cholera Epidemic of 1849
- Deaths Reported in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1881–1891
- Divorces Reported in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
- Legal Notices, The Dispatch
- Miscellaneous News Items
- Misfortunes, 1874, Globe-Democrat
- Missouri Republican, Administrative Notices, 29 September 1846
- Missouri Republican Death Notices, 1849
- News Items from the Beacon, 1829–1832
- News Items from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1880
- Obituaries from Father Dempsey’s Hotel Magazine
- Sunstroke Deaths, 1853–1867
- Tetanus (from the Home Defender), 1915
Books
We have been digitizing genealogical information from books donated to StLGS.
Photos
Photos can offer unexpected surprises and help place your ancestors in context.
StLGS Quarterly Journal
More than fifty years’ worth of our Quarterly are indexed, and all back issues are available to StLGS members.
Robert Parkin Collection
This large collection consists of family history charts and a card index covering hundreds of early St. Louis and Missouri settlers and their families.
Surname Collections
Although somewhat dated, you may find helpful information in the two collections on this page.
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