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

	Missouri Online Records

Harrison County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 14, 1845
County Seat	Bethany
Courthouse
Address	Harrison County Courthouse 1500 Central Street Bethany, MO 64424 Phone: 660.425.6424 Harrison County Website

County Courthouse

 

County Clerk has some birth records 1883-1893;
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage and divorce records
from 1845; Probate Judge has probate records from 1853^[1]

History

Parent County

1845--Harrison County was created 14 February 1845 from Daviess County. County seat: Bethany ^[2]

Boundary Changes

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

Record Loss

Places/Localities

• The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.
  

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Daviess
• Decatur County, Iowa
• Gentry
• Grundy
• Mercer
• Ringgold County, Iowa
• Worth

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Catholic

Eagleville

• 1871-1876 - Eagleville Marriage Index 1871-1876. Batch M511661 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Railroad Camp, Bethany

• 1870 - Railroad Camp, Bethany, Baptism Index 1870. Batch C511651 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1881 - Railroad Camp, Bethany, Marriage Index 1881. Batch M511651 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

St. Mary and Station, Andover

• 1870-1878 - St. Mary and Station, Andover, Baptism Index 1870-1878. Batch C511951 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1871-1885 - St. Mary and Station, Andover, Marriage Index 1871-1885. Batch M511951 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

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

• Map of Harrison County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1883-1889 - Harrison County Birth Index 1883-1889. Batch C515133 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

Deaths

• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
• 1883-1893 - Harrison County Death Index 1883-1893. Batch B000524 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries

• Harrison County, MO Genealogical Society
  

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.
• Harrison county, Missouri USGenWeb.
  
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Harrison County, Missouri. Page 400 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 3.6} 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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