THE SCOTT COUNTY

HISTORICAL & GENEALOGY SOCIETY

Preserving and Sharing the History of Scott County Missouri

 

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Come visit Scott County, Missouri, a Frontier County established in 1821.

Within our County you can enjoy the General Watkins Conservation Area, City of Chaffee, Commerce Historical Museums and Sikeston-Miner with their Sikeston Depot Cultural Museum.

The Scott County Historical & Genealogy Society has a research room in the Benton, Missouri Library located on U.S. Highway 61 one block north of the Scott County, Missouri Court House.

We invite you to visit and use this resource center during the Library's hours of 1 pm - 6 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and 8:00 am - Noon on Saturday.  The Library is closed on Thursdays.

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Our Host is Big River Telephone Company

 
About Our PHOTO Collections
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History of Scott County, Missouri
Research Materials Available (Include Ancestor Charts, Books, Genealogies, Family Histories and Maps)
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SPECIAL PUBLICATION: We are presently writing a book about the "One-Room School Houses of Scott County".  Anyone with information on any of the 58 schools please contact Deborah Gunter at dgunter_1@charter.net or call her at 573-318-4633.  We are also looking for pictures of these schools, report cards, reading certificates, baseball team, etc.  Credit will be given for all items and photos will be returned.

 
   

 

... At our next meeting ........

We will meet May 20, 2008 at Library

Meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. with our speaker scheduled to be David Dickey, who will speak on the Thebes Bridge.

Everyone is welcome to attend, and please, bring a friend.

 

... Click HERE for more information on our monthly meetings..

Can you identify the location and the approximate year of the above photo?

Click Here for the details of this Historic Event !

 

THE SCOTT COUNTY

HISTORICAL & GENEALOGY SOCIETY

P.O. Box 151

Benton, MO  6736


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Research Availability and Fees

 

Our archives and special collections resources are available by appointment only, not on a drop-in basis.

 

Research conducted by members of our volunteer staff is available. 

 

We require a fee of $10.00 up front before any search activity is initiated.  If we are successful in locating an obituary, death notice, photo, printed article, etc., the charge is another $5.00 per object located.

There also may be a small charge for copying, duplicating, and document scanning of materials requested and located.

 

All costs must be paid in advance, funds sent to

 

Genealogy Society.