Question

My family all comes from Southern Mo how can I find state info

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Where is Mo?

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Missouri is in the Midwest iin the United States

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Thanks. A lot of us in the rest of the world are not familiar with all of your abbreviations for state names.

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State Abbreviations List 
 

State Abbreviations State Abbreviations List   State Abbreviation ALABAMA AL ALASKA AK ARIZONA AZ ARKANSAS AR CALIFORNIA CA COLORADO CO CONNECTICUT CT DELAWARE DE FLORIDA FL GEORGIA GA HAWAII HI IDAHO ID ILLINOIS IL INDIANA IN IOWA IA KANSAS KS KENTUCKY KY LOUISIANA LA MAINE ME MARYLAND MD MASSACHUSETTS MA MICHIGAN MI MINNESOTA MN MISSISSIPPI MS MISSOURI MO MONTANA MT NEBRASKA NE NEVADA NV NEW HAMPSHIRE NH NEW JERSEY NJ NEW MEXICO NM NEW YORK NY NORTH CAROLINA NC NORTH DAKOTA ND OHIO OH OKLAHOMA OK OREGON OR PENNSYLVANIA PA RHODE ISLAND RI SOUTH CAROLINA SC SOUTH DAKOTA SD TENNESSEE TN TEXAS TX UTAH UT VERMONT VT VIRGINIA VA WASHINGTON WA WEST VIRGINIA WV WISCONSIN WI WYOMING WY Unincorporated organized territories  GUAM GU PUERTO RICO PR VIRGIN ISLANDS VI

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Do you have any names of towns or counties?

Edited To Add - You can look at http://mogenweb.org/

Answer 1

For Missouri ancestors who died between 1910 and 1967, this may be helpful:

https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesmvc/deathcertificates

The Missouri SOS office has a list of other genealogical resources:

https://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/browse?id=9

It includes a pre-1910 birth and death records database (incomplete) as well as Missouri Census schedules from 1830-1940.

Answer 2

Do you have any names of towns or counties?  You can look at http://mogenweb.org/

Sorry I accidentally posted this above as a comment, I meant it to be an answer.

Answer 3

Lynn, since you have the McClain surname yourself, I strongly suggest you join the Clan MacLean DNA project at family tree dna.  We have lots of McClains over there from MO and if you know of a male McClain cousin (even a distant cousin) in your lineage, a Y DNA test may help you narrow things down.  But even your own atDNA is useful.  We prefer people test at Ancestry DNA and then download their data and upload (for free) to FTDNA.  We find Ancestry tools, with their DNA and trees are most helpful.  However, we are over at FTDNA because we are studying the surname and Y DNA primarily which travels along the surname.  But your atDNA is a welcome addition to the project and maybe we will see something if you ask for our help over there.