Bill Eddleman will discuss tax lists which are used by few family historians but can provide far more information than most suspect. These lists have been more difficult to locate than other records, but this is changing as digitized versions appear. This session discusses the basics of using tax lists for genealogy, including knowledge of legal basis for taxation; types of information collected on real estate, personal property, and combined tax lists; and genealogical information that can be gleaned from tax lists. Specific examples are used to illustrate different uses of tax lists for reconstructing ancestor's lives.
Bill Eddleman is a ninth-generation Missourian with numerous ancestors who came to Missouri via North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee. He was a professor of biology at Southeast Missouri State University for 22 years and also served as provost before his retirement in 2016. Long interested in local and regional history, he was the president of the Cape County Genealogical Society for 14 years and edited the society's quarterly publication for 20 years. Bill has authored over 20 books of transcribed local records. He served on the Board and was President of the Missouri State Genealogical Association for 4 years, and is the current Vice President-Conference. He hosts local history spots on KRCU radio and writes local history and genealogy columns for the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian. Since July 2017 he has been the part-time Coordinator of the Cape Girardeau Research Center, The State Historical Society of Missouri.
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