Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jackson County Deeds Collection is a large collection of deeds, trusts, bills of sale, wills, and other documents, primarily from Jackson County, Missouri. These deeds date back to the earlies days of the county in the 1820s up until c.1950s. The collection is organized into two series: an index and the deeds. The deeds are organized by numbers found in the index, and the index is organized by name. To access the Jackson County Deeds, it is recommended to search the index first in order...

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The Midwest Genealogy Center receives donations relating to family history and genealogy. Photos that do not fit into existing collections become a part of the photo collection. Many photos have identifiable information with the photos or on the backs of the photos while others are unidentified. Many photos have come from estate sales or from donors who have no connection to the family.

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Joyce Cox was involved with various community, school, international, and historical organizations from the early 1970s through 2010. This collection contains rosters and directories from various organizations in the Kansas City, Missouri area. Most rosters contain name, address and phone number of members as well as the organizational leaders. More detailed information such as photos, faculty lists, or spouse’s names are included in a few of the rosters.

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This collection is digital images of voter registration books from Jackson County, Missouri. The information in the registers includes the voter's name, address, birthplace, race (color), term of residence, township and voting precinct. One book from the 4th Precinct, Brooking Township was kept as example.

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This collection includes items relating to the history of Spring Valley Baptist Church in Raytown, Missouri. Services and sermons from the 1960s through 2017 have been recorded onto CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, and magnetic tapes. Scrapbooks, photos, written histories, and church directories illustrate the history of the members and events of the church. The collection is arranged by format type.

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This collection contains items relating to Jackson County, Missouri history. These items cover a wide range of the county with the cities of Independence, Kansas City, and Raytown separated into series. Included within this collection are ephemera from these cities’ school districts and events/programs. Items include commencement programs, reproductions of images, graduation invitations, performance brochures, reunion packet, student directory, football program, and school publications.

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The Midwest Genealogy Center receives donations relating to family history and genealogy. Photos that do not fit into existing collections become a part of the photo collection. Many photos have identifiable information with the photos or on the backs of the photos while others are unidentified. Many photos have come from estate sales or from donors who have no connection to the family.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Midwest Genealogy Center receives donations relating to family history and genealogy. Photos that do not fit into existing collections become a part of the photo collection. Many photos have identifiable information with the photos or on the backs of the photos while others are unidentified. Many photos have come from estate sales or from donors who have no connection to the family.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This archival collection contains genealogical charts, forms, family histories, genealogical research, photographs, audio, video, and computer files related to the Goddard family in America. The records were submitted by members to the Goddard Association. Among the charts and forms are “Ancestral Records” that provided biographical information about the applicant as well as their Goddard lineage traced back to an immigrant ancestor. Several of the immigrant ancestors were identified and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection primarily covers Adalyne Runion’s involvement in the Order of the Eastern Star. Most of the material related to the organization are meeting minutes that cover twenty-one years. The rest of the collection relating to the Order of the Eastern Star contains objects from Adalyne’s involvement in the organization. There are some objects that relate to Gerald Runion’s involvement with the Free Masons and Shriners. Additionally, there are photos in the collection of both Gerald...