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United States Missouri Mercer County

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

	Missouri Online Records

Mercer County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 14, 1845
County Seat	Princeton
Courthouse
Address	Mercer County Courthouse 802 E Main Street Princeton, MO 64673 Phone: 660.748.34215 Mercer County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth records 1883-1894 and death records
1883-1891; Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, court
 land records; Circuit Court, division 2, has probate records^[1]

History

Parent County

1845--Mercer County was created 14 February 1845 from Grundy County. County seat: Princeton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of Mercer 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

• Decatur County, Iowa
• Grundy
• Harrison
• Putnam
• Sullivan
• Wayne County, Iowa

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Catholic

Lineville

• 1870-1876 - Lineville Catholic Church Baptism Index 1870-1876. Batch C511701 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Princeton

• 1871-1876 - Princeton Catholic Church Baptism Index 1871-1876. Batch C511521 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1870-1883 - Princeton Catholic Church Marriage Index 1870-1883. Batch M511521 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Sommersett

• 1870 - Sommersett Catholic Church Baptism Index 1870. Batch C511711 at Familysearch - free.^[3]

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Mercer County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1883-1894 - Mercer County Birth Index 1883-1894. Batches C515455 and C515456 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

• 1844-1885 - Mercer County Marriage Book A Index 1844-1885. Batch M515421 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Deaths

• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
  
• 1883-1894 - Mercer County Death Index 1883-1894. Batch B515455 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

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), Mercer County, Missouri. Page 403 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/d/d8/Igimissourij.pdf.

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