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United States Missouri Audrain County

Guide to Audrain County Missouri genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

	Missouri Online Records

Audrain County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 12, 1831
County Seat	Mexico
Courthouse
Address	Audrain County Courthouse 101 N Jefferson St Mexico, MO 65265 Audrain County Website

County Courthouse

County Recorder has marriage and land records; Clerk Circuit
Court has divorce and court records; County Clerk has birth records
1883-1893; Probate Judge has probate records^[1]

History

Parent County

1831--Audrain County was created 12 January 1831 from Ralls County. County seat: Mexico ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Audrain County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

• The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all Missouri Counties.
  

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Boone
• Callaway
• Monroe
• Montgomery
• Pike
• Ralls
• Randolph

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Audrain County, Missouri census records online, see: Missouri Census.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Family Maps of Audrain County, Missouri (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

• Map of Audrain County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Audrain County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
  

Military

Newspapers

• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Moberly newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Audrain County communities.
  
• ■ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/  has The Mexico Missouri Message which was published from 1899-1918 online. It can be searched using single words or combinations of words. It covers news local to Audrain county and the surrounding areas.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1839-1866 - Audrain County Birth Index 1839-1866. Batch C514604 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

• 1837-1861 - Audrain County Marriage Book A Index 1837-1861. Batch M514601 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1861-1885 - Audrain County Marriage Book B-1 Index 1861-1885. Batch M514602 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1865-1882 - Audrain County Marriage Index 1865-1882. Batch M514604 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1885 - Audrain County Marriage Book 2 Index 1885. Batch M514603 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Deaths

• 1883-1886 - Audrain County Death Index 1883-1886. Batch B514605 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
  

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Audrain County, Missouri. Page 397 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/5a/Igimissouria.pdf.

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