Collage of Cape County

1980's | 1990's | 2000's | 2010's | 2020's

 

March 2020

“…a miserable and forsaken little town” – Stephen H. Long Expedition

June 2020

Not what I wanted, but WOW! (1810 Coroner’s Inquest Jury)

Early Cape Girardeau County Lawyers

September 2020

Selected Funeral Cards from Jackson, Missouri, 1877-1910

Circuit Court Case File, State of Missouri vs. Alfred Wills, Box 12, Folder 12, 1851

December 2020

Sam Harris Remembers the CSS Arkansas
Newspaper Item on Assault by John H. Dickinson on [Charles] Booth 

March 2021

Adjudication Minutes under the 1814 Pre-emption Act, Jackson Land Office, 1821: Part I

June 2021

Adjudication Minutes under the 1814 Pre-emption Act, Jackson Land Office, 1821: Part II

September 2021

Recollections of Alvan Cook
Abstracts from the Missouri Herald, 1819-1820

December 2021

Cape’s First and Only Steamboat, Part 1 -- Not the Red Rover
Memories About the Start of the Civil War in Cape Girardeau-Charles E. Stokes
Vanished Towns and Other Locations in Cape Girardeau County, A-B
Enlistments of U. S. Colored Troops – Cape Girardeau – 1863-1864

March 2022

John and Nancy (Wicker) Sheppard

Cape’s First and Only Steamboat, Part 2--Building the Alfred T. Lacey

 

 

 

 

WHO WE ARE

The Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society was organized in May 1970, a non-profit organization, its primary purpose is education in the field of genealogy. Membership is open to individuals upon payment of the annual dues of $10, or a couple for $15, per year, beginning in May. Life membership is available for a one-time payment of $250.

CGCGS publishes a quarterly "The Collage of Cape County" in March, June, September, and December, sent free to members. All members are encouraged to submit articles for publication.

GET IN TOUCH

Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society
PO Box 571, Jackson, MO 63755
capegenealogy@gmail.com
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The CGCGS Library is located in the Research Room at the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center, 112 East Washington, Jackson, MO and is open during regular Archive Center hours. Our meetings are held at The Cape Girardeau County Archive Center, 112 East Washington in Jackson MO, by-monthly in January, March, May, July, September, and November on the fourth Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., unless announced otherwise.


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