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From St. Louis’ gleaming Gateway Arch to Kansas City in the west and the Ozarks in
the south, Missouri has been the Promised Land for some and a pit stop on the way
West for others. 

American settlement there began as early as 1787, especially from Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia and the Carolinas. The population was about 57,000 when Missouri became a
state in 1821. Joining descendants of those early French and American settlers were
immigrants from Ireland, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, England and Czechoslovakia. In
the mid-1800s, many Germans and Irish arrived.

We’ll help you trace your Missouri ancestors in our Missouri
Genealogy Crash Course: Find Your Show-Me State Ancestors live webinar.

The hour-long webinar is Wed., Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. Eastern time (that’s 6 p.m. Central/
5 p.m. Mountain/ 4 p.m. Pacific). 

Family Tree Magazine contributing editor Nancy Hendrickson, a veteran Missouri
researcher, and expert guest presenters Angela McComas from the Midwest
Genealogy Center and Dennis Northcott of the Missouri
History Museum will share essential history and migration information,
details on vital records, the best websites and other resources for Missouri research,
and more.

Among the great resources you’ll learn about are the state
archives’ county-by-county listing of microfilmed records and Missouri
Digital Heritage, where many important sources such as abstracted vital records
and naturalizations are digitized. It’s enough to make me wish for Missouri ancestors!

Missouri Genealogy Crash Course webinar attendees will have the opportunity to submit
questions in advance, and be able to view the webinar again as many times as they
like. For
a limited time, you can save 20 percent on your registration at ShopFamilyTree.com.