Western Historical Manuscript Collection -- African Americans http://www.system.missouri.edu/whmc/african.htm Missouri Libraries Online http://mosl.sos.state.mo.us/lib-ser/molib.html Mid-Continent Public Library... Genealogy Section http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/ge/ If you type "Franklin County MO" you will get 37 hits of documents. Looks interesting: Franklin County probate index : early 1800's-1955. Traci Wilson-Kleekamp African Americans in Missouri http://www.missouri-slave-data.org