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Welcome to the home page for the Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society!

Our new and improved site is here to provide you with the most up-to-date information about the Society. You can also find us on Facebook.

We welcome suggestions and contributions from members and non-members alike. What would make our site better for you? Please submit any ideas to admin@nwmogenealogy.com.

Here is the latest edition of our newsletter. Feel free to take a look at all the news and events happening with the NWMGS.

Spring 2019 Newsletter

Headstone Flash Drive

Headstone flash drive Show your passion for genealogy with these unique headstone flash drives! Buy one for each surname and write directly on the soft surface for a permanent reminder of the contents of each drive. White-out not included - only shown for size reference. "RIP" is on one side, "Genealogist until the end" is on the other. 16GB is $13 and 32GB is $17!

Order Form

Headstone flash drive - front and back view

Probate Index

A complete list of the probate files available at the NWMGS for Buchanan County is now available. This list was several years in the making. Each of the boxes of files were gone through, one at a time, and our old index was updated. That process alone took almost 5 years. Then we began the task of retyping the entire list and adding all the new names we ran across, and verifying the spelling of many others. At last we have a finished product to be proud of - with over 43,000 names!! If you would like to take a peek at the contents of any one of these files, email us: library@nwmogenealogy.com The file is 2.78MB so it may take a minute to load . . . be patient. Remember to check all possible spellings!

Probate Index for Buchanan County

Five Generation Photos

Do you have a five generation photo you'd like to share? If so, we would love to publish it in our Journal and share it with other members. Send the photo to admin@nwmogenealogy.com with each member clearly identified.

The Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society serves the counties of Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway, and Worth in Missouri and several counties in Kansas.
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  • There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children - one is roots, and the other, wings.
    Hodding S. Carter

  • Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.
    Unknown

  • In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage - to know who we are and where we came from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.
    Alex Haley, Roots

  • He who has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning.
    English Proverb

  • We are the children of many sires, and every drop of blood in us in its turn ... betrays its ancestor.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business.
    Jimmy Carter
    Former U.S. President

  • Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.
    Mark Twain

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