Source Information

Ancestry.com. Buchanan County, Missouri History [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004.
Original data: The History of Buchanan County, Missouri. St. Joseph, MO, USA: Union Historical, 1881.

About Buchanan County, Missouri History

This database contains a history of Buchanan County, Missouri. Buchanan County is located along the western side of the state and was created in 1838. This work includes a history of the county's cities and towns, biographical sketches of its citizens, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, a map, and a history of the Missouri. Topics covered in this history range from geography and geology to wars, politics, and education.

Historical works contain valuable information that can be a great addition to your genealogical research. Although historical works will generally not mention your ancestors specifically (unless they were prominent individuals in the community), they do provide information on the time and place in which your ancestors lived, which will help you place your ancestors in a historical context.