Welcome:
This Site is part of
The MOGenWeb and The USGenWeb
Scotland County is available for adoption.
If you have a local connection to Scotland County or an interest in Missouri in general,
Please consider joining the MOGenWeb as a County Coordinator.
Requirements are simple, peruse them here.
MOGenWeb Policies and Procedures
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
History ~ Biographies ~ Cemeteries ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Lookups
There is a nice History of Scotland County written by Mr L P Roberts of Memphis [Thank You!]
Please use this Link: "American History & Genealopgy Project"
Biographies
History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri
Published in 1887
Goodspeed Publishing Co [1886-1891]
The TOC for Scotland is Here ~ The Biographies are on pages 1215-1299 [No Index
Read Online or Download - The Book is a serchable pdf.
A History of Northeast Missouri Pt 2, V2
Edited by: Walter Williams, 1913
Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago ~ New York
Google Drive Link for the Book
Scotland County Biographies:
Cottey, Louis F -1960 ~ Crump, William W -1517 ~ Curry, John W -1505 ~ Curry, Orville H - 1506
Demoney, William T - 1375 ~ Ewing, William H -1695 ~ Huston, Charles S - 1292
Lockhart, J W - 1513 ~ Mckee, Edwin R - 1368 ~ Schenck, David - 1514 ~ Witt, John L - 1298
History of Scotland County, Missouri : 1830-1971
[compiled by Mabel Wildman Rice, and others ; photography by Noel Rice]
Authors: Rice, Mabel Wildman (Author): 1973
Family Search Book [No Index, but Searchable - large File]
Here is a link to an assortment of Biographies from other Books
There are Medical Registers and "Who's Who" Books which have a lot of great information
The Cemeteries of Scotland County
Thr Former CC made 2 nice lists of Cemeteries and Locations:
Please use this link for the Alpha List
Here is a List of Cemeteries with Church Associations
I found one Cemetery in the FS Catalog
Scotland County, Missouri : Clay Bank Cemetery [2 pgs]
Scotland Cemeteries: Online Resources
F~A~G ~ Genealogy Trails - Few Links ~ LDS, Genealogical Resources
American Cemeteries, MO ~ Missouri Cemetery Registry
MO Gravestone Project ~ People Legacy, Cemeteries, Memorials
Missouri Plat Maps
The Scotland County Plat Maps on the MOGenWeb Server were missing images.
But... all of the old files on RootsWeb are intact.
1858 Plat Maps: Explanation and Images
1876 Plat Maps: Explanation and Images
1898 Plat Maps: Explanation and Images
1930 Plat Maps: Explanation and Images [Not RW]
Historical Maps ~ Military ~ Newspapers
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
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
and
'Ask an Archivist'
National Archives~ New Reference Service
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.
MO Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections
Military Resources
Until a new County Coordinator adopts Scotland County,
Military Resources have been gleaned from Family Search
and formatted into Searchable PDf files:
There are two sets of pages:Link 1 ~ Link 2
Newspapers, Miscellaneous Historical Resources History Hub
Magazines, Books-Fiction & Non Fiction, Articles
History, Newspapers, Biographies, Collections, And More
Remember: Vital Records can be found in Newspapers
This is the link for the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project
Free Digital Newspapers:
Chronicling America ~ Google Archives ~ California Digital Newspapers [There are Articles for MO]