Members of the Society have produced several publications which may be purchased at the JCGS Library (1111 W. Pacific, Independence, MO) or ordered by mail.

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The picture to the right is our table at the State Historical Society of Missouri's Records and Recollections: Family History Day 2008 mini-conference held on March 15, 2008 in Columbia, Missouri.

Cemetery Records

Blue Springs Cemetery

Blue Springs Cemetery is a cemetery in eastern Jackson County, Missouri that contains 5,734 burials and at least 145 additional unmarked burials.  The first burial was in 1845.  It contains the birth and death dates where available.

 

Indexed, 1993, 220 pages, paperback, 8.125 x 10.75, 1# 5.30 oz, $10.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buckner Hill Cemetery

This cemetery contains many early settlers of Jackson County who lived into the 1900s and were the progenitors of many family names familiar to early county history and prominent in Jackson County development.  The many military burials here include a veteran of the Spanish American War, as well as numerous veterans of World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam.  The most recent casualty was from the Gulf War in 1991.

 

Indexed, 1992, 139 pages, paperback, 8.375 x 10.75, 0# 14.70 oz, $10.00

 

 

 

 

 

Burial Records: Kansas City Municipal Cemeteries at Leeds 1934-1965

 

Indexed, 2008, 150 pages, comb binding, 8.5 x 11, 1# 11.10 oz, $15.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cemeteries of Jackson County - A 1993 Report

This is the effort of Victor P. Meador who has toured the entire county, relocating as many burials as possible.  The condition of the cemetery in 1988 is recorded, and those that have become known under different names are cross-indexed under both names.  This is not a book of tombstone readings.

 

Indexed, 1993, 29 pages, paperback, 8.5 x 11, $5.00

Cemeteries of Jackson County - A 2002 Report

An update of the 1993 report.

 

Indexed, 2002, 38 pages, folder, 8.5 x 11, 0# 9.30 oz, $10.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mound Grove Cemetery (1902-1996)

This book is not just headstone readings.  Information from the stones has been combined with data from the burial records.  The first burial was in 1904 and there are over 14,928 burials and marked graves.  The names of lot owners, next-of-kin, and responsible persons have also been included.  Many members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and people of all faiths are buried in this cemetery.

 

Indexed, 1997, 712 pages, paperback, 8.375 x 10.75, 3# 8.40 oz, $50.00

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Readings of Jackson Co. Cemeteries (45) with Co. Death Records (1883-1895)

This volume includes new readings of forty-five Jackson County cemeteries.  All have been carefully compared to the 1934 D.A.R. readings, and those markers that have disappeared since that early day have been listed as well.

 

Indexed, 1992, 251 pages, paperback, 8.25 x 10.75, 1# 5.00 oz, $15.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salem Cemetery

This book is a reading of the headstones in this cemetery of many settlers of Jackson County, MO.  It lists birth and death dates where available.

 

Indexed, 1990, 68 pages, paperback, 8.25 x 10.75, 0# 6.80 oz, $8.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woodlawn Cemetery

 Indexed, pages, paperback, going through final edit!

Deed Records

Jackson County Missouri Deeds (1827-1845), Vol. I

 

Indexed, 276 pages, paperback, 8.25 x 10.75, 1# 11.60 oz, $22.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson County Missouri Deeds (1845-1851), Vol. II

 

Indexed, 274 pages, paperback, 8.5 x 10.75, 1# 10.80 oz, $25.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson County Missouri Deeds (1851-1857), Vol. III

 

Indexed, 2009, pages, paperback, going through final edit!

Marriage Records

Marriage Records of Jackson Co. MO (1827-1881)

This book contains each of the eight volumes of minister's returns with an index for each volume.  In each book the grooms are presented in alphabetical order, followed by an index to the brides.  These Marriage Records of Jackson County, Independence MO includes the years 1827-1881.  Until the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 that created the territories, Missouri was the western terminus of civil law.  Soldiers from Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas and of Colorado Cavalry are found in these volumes.  Workers from the Shawnee Indian Mission are also included.  Thus there are county residents, and many are from other areas as well.

 

Indexed, 1995, 254 pages, paperback, 8.125 x 10.75, 1# 10.10 oz, $20.00

 

Marriage Records of Jackson Co. MO (1881-1917), Paperback

This book provides both genealogist and researchers of families that once had roots in Jackson County, Missouri.  Marriage Records of Jackson County, Independence MO from 1881-1917 are included in this publication.  The marriage records were recorded on printed forms consisting of the licensing agreement, followed by the minister's return.

 

Indexed, 1997, 345 pages, paperback, 8.125 x 10.625, 2# 1.60 oz, $26.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marriage Records of Jackson Co. MO (1881-1917), Hardcover

 

Indexed, 345 pages, hardback, 8.5 x 11, 2# 15.00 oz, $46.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cumulative Brides Index to Marriage Records of Jackson Co. MO (1827-1881)

 

65 pages, paperback, 8.25 x 10.75, 0# .670 oz, $5.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Probate/Will Records

Jackson County Wills & Administrations (Independence Courthouse, 1828-1862))

 

Indexed, 236 pages, paperback, 8.125 x 10.5, 1# 6.10 oz, $15.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson County Wills & Administrations (Independence Courthouse, 1862-1910)

 

Indexed, 441 pages, paperback, 8 x 10.75, 2# 3.10 oz, $34.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson County Wills & Administrations (Kansas City, MO, 1869-1910), Vol. 1 & 2

Vol. 1: 412 pages, paperback, 8 x 10.75;

Vol. 2: 298 pages, paperback, 8 x 10.75; total weight 4# 1.20 oz, $59.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson County Wills & Administrations (Kansas City, MO, 1899, 1910-1918)

 

Indexed, 425 pages, paperback, 8 x 10.625, 2# 1.80 oz, $29.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back Issues of the Pioneer Wagon (Quarterly)

Volume I-VI         - $1.50 per issue or   $5.00 per volume (4 issues)

Volume VII, VIII  - $2.00 per issue or   $7.50 per volume (4 issues)

Volume IX, X       - $3.00 per issue or $10.00 per volume (4 issues)

Volume XI-XVIII - $4.00 per issue or $15.00 per volume (4 issues)

Apparel

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12 Generation Pedigree Chart by Bookcraft, C-03B - $5.00

15 Generation Chart by Stevenson’s Gene. Center, C-08 - $6.00

Misc.

Historic Truman Depot Magnet - $1.00

Tote bag - tan w/black JCGS logo - $7.50