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Publications
Currently Available (Updated January 2024)
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Research Materials are
available for purchase at the Douglas County Museum (Sat 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.);
or
at Memory Lane Antique Store on the
Ava square (open Monday-Saturday), or
by mail to the Douglas County Historical &
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 986, Ava, MO 65608.
If you are
researching family history, you can go to the
Douglas County Library, Monday through Saturday,
or
come to the Museum on Saturday. The Library and
the Museum each have different research materials.
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CD's
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CD's
made during Museum Week; $10.00 per CD's plus $3.00
postage and handling for each. [Write Society for
more information].
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“History of Douglas
County”
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A
25-page book with photo, focuses on the history of the
county. $7.00. Ad 3.00 postage for each copy
ordered.
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Books by
J. W FINDLEY
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Set of 2 for $10.00 plus $4.00
postage and handling. |
DVD
of Museum's
Historical Pictures
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Video
DVD--The Douglas County Museum's Historical Pictures of
the County. This DVD should work on most DVD players
attached to a television set. $25.00 plus $3.00 postage
and handling. |
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2020 -- CEMETERY
LISTINGS OF ALL KNOWN
CEMETERIES IN THE COUNTY
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2020
Version-- Five volumes including every known burial in
county. Volumes 1-4: $23.00
per volume ($20 + $3 shipping). Ava Volume:
$28.00 ($25 + $3 shipping.) Complete
five-volume set: $110.00 ($100 + $15 shipping).
Vol 1: (Western) Townships: Buchanan,
Campbell, Lincoln, Spencer,
Washington (130
pp)
Vol 2: (Central-Western) Townships: Benton
(excluding Ava Cem.), Boone,
Findley, Miller,
Springcreek, Walls (203 pp)
Vol 3: (Central-Eastern) Townships: Brown,
Cass, Champion, Clay, Jackson,
McMurtrey (140 pp)
Vol 4: (Eastern) Townships: Brushcreek, Bryan,
Clinton, McKinley, Richland,
Wood (Lost graves) (115
pp)
Vol 5: Ava Cemetery (5th Volume) (117 pp)
Each volume contains its own SURNAME index.
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CLICK HERE to view a listing of
cemeteries in each county volume.
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CLICK HERE for an alphabetical
listing of all known county cemeteries.
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DEATHS
INDEXED
(1997—2003)
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Douglas
County Deaths Indexed: [1997-2003] Seven volumes—
$10.00 per volume plus $3.00 postage and handling or
all seven volumes for $60.00 plus $14 postage and
handling.
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DOUGLAS
COUNTY
CENSUS
BOOKS
1920
1910
1900
1880
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1920
-- Transcribed by Pat Carmichael
Three
volumes. $20.00 per volume plus $3.00 postage and
handling per volume. Or order all three volumes for
$50.00 plus $9.00 postage and handling.
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Volume 1: Benton, Boone, Miller, Wall, Brown,
Richland & Brushcreek townships
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Volume
2: Bryan, McKinley, Buchanan, Spencer, Campbell,
Washington, Cass & Jackson
townships
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Volume
3: Champion, Wood, Clinton, Clay, McMurtrey,
Lincoln, Findley & Springcreek townships.
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1910 -- Transcribed
by Maxine (Hammons) Wilson
Two volumes.
$20 per set plus $5.00 postage and handling |
1900 -- Transcribed
by Maxine (Hammons) Wilson
Two volumes.
$20 per set plus $5.00 postage and handling |
1880 -- Transcribed
by Maxine (Hammons) Wilson
One volume.
$10 plus $3.00 postage and handling. |
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JOURNALS OF
THE
DOUGLAS COUNTY
HIST. & GEN. SOC.
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All
current and past issues are available for a cost of
$7.00 each plus $3.00 postage and handling for each
Journal. Publications have the following
dates:
- July
1974
- July
1975
- July
1977
- Aug.
1978
- Dec.
1984
- 1985
through Winter 2023-- Two
volumes each year.
Note:
Members receive one new Journal each year mailed
directly to them at a cost of $20.00 per year.
See memberships below.
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LAND RECORDS -
Plat Book 1964-65
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ONLY BOOK OF
ITS TYPE FOR THE TIME PERIOD -- The book lists all the
people who owned land forty years ago (1964-65).
Order the 1964-65 Land Owners Book for $15.00 plus
$3.00 Shipping from the Society.
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LAND
RECORDS
1886 Government Land Sales Index
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A MUST FOR
ANYONE RESEARCHING THE COUNTY'S
ORIGINAL HOMESTEADERS
This 64-page set of indexed
plat maps are printed on 11 x 18" sheets. It was
created by the Springfield Federal Land Office for the
County of Douglas in July 1886, less than three months
after the county's courthouse burned along with all
land records. The Land Office created a plat map
for each of the townships/ranges in the county, and
entered on each parcel the original land holder who
obtained from the land from the U.S. Government.
The date, type and number of the patent is included on
the maps. (NOTE: The maps do not show any land
transactions from the original patentee and subsequent
owners. After the courthouse fire in 1886, these
subsequent owners were encouraged to re-record their
purchase at the new courthouse, but many of these
transactions are lost).
Order the 1886 Government
Land Sales Index for $15.00 plus $3.00 Shipping from
the Society.
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LAND
RECORDS
Plat Maps
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1926
Plat Maps for Douglas County — $15.00 plus $3.00
postage and handling. |
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MARRIAGE
INDEX
BOOKS
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21
Volumes: (Burned/Recorded 1862—1894 original damaged
in 1886 courthouse fire), (Volumes 1 through 20 —
1886-1997)—$10.00 per volume. Add $3.00 postage and
handling for each volume ordered. (See the order
form for listing of years in each volume).
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- Index
18662-1894
(Burned & Rerecorded)
- Index
Vol. 1 - 1886-1892
- Index
Vol. 2 - 1893-1897
- Index
Vol. 3 - 1898-1903
- Index
Vol. 4 - 1904-1908
- Index
Vol. 5 - 1909-1912
- Index
Vol. 6 - 1913-1917
- Index
Vol. 7 - 1918-1921
- Index
Vol. 8 - 1922-1925
- Index
Vol. 9 - 1926-1929
- Index
Vol. 10 - 1930-1934
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- Index
Vol. 11 - 1935-1938
- Index
Vol. 12 - 1939-1943
- Index
Vol. 13 - 1944-1955
- Index
Vol. 14 - 1956-1963
- Index
Vol. 15 - 1964-1969
- Index
Vol. 16 - 1970-1974
- Index
Vol. 17 - 1975-1980
- Index
Vol. 18 - 1981-1985
- Index
Vol. 19 - 1986-1991
- Index
Vol. 20 - 1992-1997
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MEMBERSHIP
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(July
1 thru June 30) $20.00. Members receive one new
Journal [Summer] mailed directly to you.
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MUGS
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Picturing
Ava High School, Ava Normal School, Arno, Vera Cruz,
Rome Steel
Bridge, Ava Train, and Douglas County Museum — $5.00
each plus $3.00 postage and handling.
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"Ava, the First 50 years"
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A
25-page history, with photos focuses on the history of
the county.. $7.00 plus $3.00 postage & handling.
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Pencil Drawings of Champion Store,
Evansdale Church and the Banner School House. $1.00
each plus $2.00 postage and handling. |
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PERSONAL
PROPERTY
ASSESSMENT BOOK
OF DOUGLAS COUNTY -- 1885
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For the
year 1885 — $15.00 plus $3.00 postage and handling. |
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SCHOOL
PHOTOS and
T-Shirts
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[Write Society for more
information]. |
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VETERANS
BOOK
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$25.00.
Add $2.00 postage for each copy ordered.
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Send orders to the
Douglas County Historical & Genealogical
Society, P.O. Box 986, Ava, MO 65608
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