300 E Locust in Union
Franklin County Historical Society
"They do amazing things to preserve history, but amazing things take amazing donations."
Open 1st Wed and 2nd/4th Sat Mar-Nov at 300 E Locust St in Union
​Contact Us: 636.583.3247​ Text: 636.283.8353
In Our Library
This section is under construction. We will be gradually working on listing all books as we have time.
Obituary Books
Marriage and Engagement Announcements
Tombstone Inscriptions
County Maps
1898 Census
Township Histories
School Photos and Documents
Union Fair Books
Franklin County MO Plat Maps for 1878,1898, and 1919
Missouri The WPA Guide
The Passports of Southern Eastern Pioneers
Ellis Island Gateway to America
Invisible Chains- the Shawn Hornbeck Kidnapping Case that Shook the Nation
Strange Names- Thesis by Kris Dysert
Show Me Missouri and Missourians by Larry W Waterfield
Daniel Boone and HIs Neighbors Bryan & Barbara Broderick
Moonlight Serande to City Lights Kenneth Johnson
Where Dead Men Still Fight Sue Blesi
Tales from Missouri and the Heartland Ross Malone
This Day in Missouri History Ross Malone
Early American Cookery Hooker
Tobias and the Governor Ross Malone
Too Good To Pass By A Look at Some Missouri Place Ross Malone
Dating Old Photographs 1840-1929 A Family Chronicle Publication
Havest for Life by Walter Schlemper
Ralph by Steve Claggett
The Union Missouri Bank Robbery Ken Zimmerman Jr
Smoke on the Whiteadder Dewayne Landwehr
The Germans: Their Arrival, Settlement, and Contributions Vol 1
Will That Be Regular or Ethyl Growing Up Along Route 66 in 1950s Missouri
The German- Americans in the Washington, Missouri Area Ralph Gregory
The Writings of Honorable H a Schoppenhorst (1840-1930) Memories of a Pioneer Citizen Compiled by Cathie Shoppenhorst
Washington, Missouri The Early American Contributions by Ralph Gregory
Route 66 The Mother Orad Michael Wallis
Chief Rogers A Study in Ethnic Mixing in the Early 1800s
Route 66 binder
1950s Photos of Union by Marie Siess
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Family Books of documents and/or photos:
Brehe Vol 1 and 2
Brehe and Toedt Families
The Brueseke Family History
Thomas Hill and REbecca Miles
Against All Odds by Nicole Voss McDonnell
Sprecklemeyer
Oltmann and Drewel
Krull Scverthoff Gerner
Danz- Family Photos
Dr Ed Viedt Family
Jewish Family Trees
Hansen- Photos
Halligan Family Photos
Landwehr and Allied Families by Michael Landwehr
The Graves of Daniel and Rebecca Boone by Ralph Gregory
My Life J Kenneth McDermott
Family of John Peter and Margeret Ann (Meier) Bremmer
Krull & Schoenhoff Families
The Dickinson Family Kentucky-Missouri- Descendants of William Thomas Oliver Dickinson 1820-1873
The Autobiography of Frederick Muench translated by Ralph Gergory
Schmelz Family Tree Compiled by Lou and Joann Brown
The New World Book of Howards
Brueggeman Family Tree 1818-2006
Puls/Hohnstrater by June E Puls Toelke
Christopher Klenke & Margaretha Juliana Marquard Descendants 1833-2004
Birkmann/Boldebuck Birkmann/Luker and their Allies by June E Toelke (2 copies)
The Mueller Heritage and Stories from the Farm Glenn E Mueller
Busch News
Busch Sales
Busch Research
Busch Family (John B)
Bandy
Hinkle
Carl & Phillips (last names)
MLG and John T Crowe Family Documents
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