Jefferson City News Tribune, June 24, 2003 New database delves back into state's legal history By CHRISTINA STUEVE News Tribune A new historical database of court cases will benefit law students, researchers and family genealogists. The database, available at www.sos.state.mo.us, allows researchers to look up Missouri Supreme Court records dating back to 1790. More than 7,000 cases from 1790-1851 are listed on the site. A partial listing of cases is available to 1871. The goal is to create an index for case files from the 18th-21st century. Currently, all cases prior to 1857 have been processed. "The database gives people a way to go back in time and look at cases of the time," Supreme Court spokeswoman Beth Riggert said. Slavery, duels, women's issues and economic problems are topics listed in the database. Other cases evolve from French fur trappers to steamboat cases of the Mark Twain era. Court dockets have names of prominent and unknown litigants. "This is a fascinating approach to understanding our state's history and the past," Secretary of State Matt Blunt said. The project was put together by Blunt's office, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society. Funding comes from the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society. About $45,000 has been spent on the project before this year, Francis Duda, president of the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society said. The online case file project was started when the Missouri Supreme Court transferred its case files to the Missouri State Archives in 1971. In 2000, the Missouri State Archives and the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society started to provide better access to the Supreme Court case files.

The address changed July 1. The new address is www.sos.mo.gov. I would suggest you might want to go to the site map at http://www.sos.mo.gov/sitemap.asp to see all the information that is available. The historical archives that have the links to genealogy information are at: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/ Dave Bryan Liberty, Mo Primarily researching Satterwhite, Grinstead, Coons, Lees and Wade in Missouri ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 12:46 AM Subject: [MOPETTIS] New database at state archives > Jefferson City News Tribune, June 24, 2003 > New database delves back into state's legal history > > By CHRISTINA STUEVE > News Tribune > > A new historical database of court cases will benefit law students, > researchers and family genealogists. > > The database, available at www.sos.state.mo.us, allows researchers to look up > Missouri Supreme Court records dating back to 1790. > > More than 7,000 cases from 1790-1851 are listed on the site. A partial > listing of cases is available to 1871. The goal is to create an index for case files > from the 18th-21st century. Currently, all cases prior to 1857 have been > processed. > > "The database gives people a way to go back in time and look at cases of the > time," Supreme Court spokeswoman Beth Riggert said. > > Slavery, duels, women's issues and economic problems are topics listed in the > database. Other cases evolve from French fur trappers to steamboat cases of > the Mark Twain era. Court dockets have names of prominent and unknown litigants. > > "This is a fascinating approach to understanding our state's history and the > past," Secretary of State Matt Blunt said. > > The project was put together by Blunt's office, the Supreme Court and the > Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society. > > Funding comes from the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society. About > $45,000 has been spent on the project before this year, Francis Duda, president > of the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society said. > > The online case file project was started when the Missouri Supreme Court > transferred its case files to the Missouri State Archives in 1971. In 2000, the > Missouri State Archives and the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society > started to provide better access to the Supreme Court case files. >