Hello Missouri researchers: It is very difficult to find African American ancestors. We are very dependent upon our white reaching families to help us via the internet. I have been blessed with numerous people helping me online. The MOGENWEB folks have been awesome in their spirit and participation in sending me numerous documents, etc., -- I can hardly keep up. It is a very tedious and almost fruitless search at times; but the discoveries are endless and exciting. For other researchers.. I have two websites that mirror each other At this site: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/indexusg.html You can scroll down and post wills, probate records etc. I encourage all researchers to post any slave related data that they find in their records to this site. Since MO was settled by Kentucky and VA residents... please post this data to the site as well. If you are not sure; send it to me anyway and I will forward it to the appropriate on-line locations and copy you on where I sent it. This site also has a link for you to sign for for discussion lists: one for Missouri related slave data and the other to exchange information for enslaved ancestor's and families. My other site is: http://www.missouri-slave-data.org I also have a link on my site for volunteers [if you want to volunteer or need help] http://www.missouri-slave-data.org/volunteers.html And also another resourceful listing for burial and church records etc. http://www.missouri-slave-data.org/Document.html; this link is also on the first site noted above. Sometimes I'm not very good at keeping them both updated... but you can always email me and tell me to get on the stick. For a time I had a Missouri-slave database online of missouri [and surrounding state} slave owners courtesy of Beth Wilson who does look-ups on the Howard Co site. I believe in the near future her data will be available via CD-ROM. I'll keep you updated as information becomes available. Traci Wilson-Kleekamp African Americans in Missouri [CHISM, TUTT, HOWARD, MCCLANAHAN, GRAY, WILSON, MILLER, ROWLES, CRUMP, HENDERSON, JOHNSON, PRICE, PLATER, ROSS, WILLIAMS, WARRICK, HICKMAN, HUTCHINSON, SMITH, WILSON]