The Missouri History Museum recently launched the Genealogy and Local History Index which includes references to hundreds of thousands of St. Louis ancestors. In this index, you can search by personal name, business/corporate name, or street address. (The latter search option is designed primarily for those researching the history of their home and its former residents.) You can also sign up for their email list to receive monthly announcements of new sources that are added to the index. Read the “search tips,” found on the search pages BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR SEARCH.
Among the more than 225 sources in the Genealogy and Local History Index are the following:
- More than 5,000 Civil War-era loyalty oaths signed by St. Louisans;
- Many high school and other school yearbooks from the first half of the 20th century;
- Local Who’s Who publications;
- Company employee magazines;
- A few mid-19th-century, nonfederal St. Louis-area censuses;
- Questionnaires filled out by World War I servicemen;
- Records and publications relating to Civil War veterans;
- And much more.
Please note that the Genealogy and Local History Index is an INDEX to selected books, publications, documents, and photographs in the holdings of the Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center. You cannot view a digital image of the actual source online. If you find references in the index that interest you, you can request a photocopy online. Copies will be mailed in 1-2 business days.
Please also visit thir new Family History – Get Started page to learn about additional catalogs, guides, and indexes.
Read more about the Genealogy and Local History Index in the current edition of /Voices/, the online magazine of the Missouri History Museum: http://www.mhmvoices.org/2008FallDept2.php
I decided to see if they had anything on the surname of “Gfeller.” Sure enough, the name came up as being on page 115 in the book, Historical and Descriptive Review of St. Louis. Her Enterprising Business Houses and Progressive Men by John Lethem, and printed in 1894. Following is a screenshot with the information:
Thanks to Dennis Northcott, Associate Archivist for Reference, Missouri History Museum (St. Louis) for the heads-up on this index.