USGenWeb Home Page
Links to individual States pages, from which you can find County pages,
and links to USGW special projects and records.
USGenWeb Archives Search Engine
Search the contents of all the text files in the USGenWeb Archives.
Unfortunately this search engine is frequently not working.
RootsWeb.com Home Page
RootsWeb's free genealogical resources on the Internet.
Their home page is a good place to start; links to some of the
best resources follow below.
RootsWeb Message Boards Search
Search Rootsweb Messsage Boards for Queries, Bible Records, Bios, Deeds,
Obits, Pensions, Wills, etc. Many USGenWeb sites, including the
Dallas County MOGenWeb,
uses these boards for county queries, etc.
WorldConnect Project: Global Search
Search GEDCOMs (genealogy database files) submitted to WorldConnect.
There are several thousand entries for people in Dallas County,
Missouri, alone.
Federal Land Patents
Using this site, sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
you can find computer scans of orginal land patent records issued
by the Federal government, for both purchases and homesteads.
The search engine will tell you the name of the patentee,
the state and county, and the issue date.
The link on the patentee's name will lead you to the legal land
description (number of acres, Township, Range and Section)
and images of the original document.
Geographic Names Information System
Use the US Geological Survey's GNIS (Geographic Names Information Service) to
search for that town, church, cemetery, school, or other historical
site you can't locate.
To get a map, click on the Feature Name.
On the results page you have the option to display a topographic map
or arial photo from TerraServer.
The Tiger Map option puts a red dot on a map where the feature is located.
Dallas County Web Links Index