The Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal (ISSN 0747-5667) is a quarterly of 64 pages per issue, indexed in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI), cataloged in Ulrich's, and part of the permanent genealogical literature. Browse a table of contents.

NEW! An index to every surname mentioned in the Journal 1981-2006 is now online!

Most back issues of the Journal are available and may be purchased for $5.00 postage paid. Send your order request along with check to:

MoSGA Publication Sales, P O BOX 833, COLUMBIA MO 65205-0833

The Journal always seeks good articles, including Bible records, church records, family records, historical articles, educational articles (including case studies and 'how-to' articles), cemetery records, tombstone inscriptions, county records, military records, census indexes, funeral-home records, newspaper indexes, newspaper abstracts, school records (especially 1880-1900), organization records, success stories, and other records of value to Missouri genealogists.

Of special value are articles that concern data relevant to the state as a whole (for example, naturalizations by the Missouri Supreme Court) or to large segments of the State. MoSGA greatly prefers not to compete with local genealogical and historical societies for publishable materials; however, it is recognized that many of the records mentioned are highly local.

MoSGA seeks also to republish high-quality articles from the newsletters of local genealogical and historical societies that, for one reason or another, do not publish permanent literature (usually a quarterly indexed in PERSI and having an ISSN.) The Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal can provide not only permanence for compilations of data and other articles, but also wider readership of the articles, and publicity for the local societies whose articles are so re-published. It is highly unlikely that more than one article from any local society can be published in any one year.

One need not be a member of the Association, or a genealogist, to have articles published in the Journal. Non-member authors or submitters receive a copy of each issue of the Journal in which their work appears.

Submissions by e-mail are encouraged, but, if there is any question as to layout, it is usually better to submit articles on disk and to supply a paper copy. These should be sent to MoSGA Journal Editor, PO Box 833, Columbia, MO 65205-0833. email: journal@mosga.org