Monroe County, MissouriEdit This Page

From FamilySearch Wiki

United States Missouri Monroe County

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

	Missouri Online Records

Monroe County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 6, 1831
County Seat	Paris
Courthouse
Address	Monroe County Courthouse 300 N Main Street Paris, MO 65275-1399 Phone: 660.327.1019 Monroe County Website

County Courthouse

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce and court records;
probate Judge has probate records; County Assessor has
has land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1831--Monroe County was created 6 January 1831 from Ralls County. County seat: Paris ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of Monroe 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

• Audrain
• Macon
• Marion
• Ralls
• Randolph
• Shelby

Resources

African American

• 1865-1881 - Monroe County Colored Marriage Book 1 Index 1865-1881. Batch M515873 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Cemeteries

Church

Catholic

St. Stephen's Church, Indian Creek

• 1833-1875 - St. Stephen's Church, Indian Creek, Baptism Index 1833-1875. Batch C520471 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1835-1885 - St. Stephen's Church, Indian Creek, Marriage Index 1835-1885. Batch M520471 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

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

• Map of Monroe County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Monroe 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 Monroe County communities.
  

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1865-1881 - Monroe County Birth Index, Volume 1, 1865-1881. Batch C515873 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

• 1831-1879 - Monroe County Marriage Books 1 thru 3 Index 1831-1879. Batch M515871 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1879-1885 - Monroe County Marriage Books 4 and 5 Index 1879-1885. Batch M515872 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Deaths

• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
  
• 1883-1885 - Monroe County Death Index 1883-1885. Batch B515879 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries

• Little Dixie Regional Libraires (Randolph and Monroe counties)

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), Monroe 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.

This Missouri-related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it. While this page is under construction, may we suggest Cyndi's List.

• This page was last modified on 23 April 2013, at 19:27.
• This page has been accessed 1,311 times.