Online Resources

The State Historical Society of Missouri 

https://shsmo.org/ 

Newspaper Archives

Newspaper Archives Online(available from The State Historical Society of Missouri--SHSMO)

To access Palmyra MISSOURI newspapers online follow the steps below:

The State Historical Society of Missouri website

This will allow you to use the Missouri newspapers without subscribing to Newspapers.com

Historical Atlases and Maps

1869 Map of Palmyra

Conservation Treatment of the 1860 Map of the City of Palmyra by the Missouri State Archives’ Conservation Laboratory  

https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/LocalRecords/PalmyraMapConservTreat.pdf 

History of Marion County, Missouri  1884

A complete copy of 1884 book History of Marion County, Missouri is available online.  

(Note:  There are 1,008 pages, so this takes a while to load.) 

https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu//mu/islandora/object/mu:417772

Also available: 

Reprinted copies of the original 1884 History of Marion County, Missouri book can be purchased at the Gardner House Museum.

Other Resources

Inventory of the County Archives, Marion County, Missouri    1941

https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A11768#page/1/mode/2up 


Portrait and Biographical Record of Marion, Ralls and Pike Counties   1895

https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mocohist/id/18006/rec/1