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United States Missouri Phelps County

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

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Phelps County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	November 13, 1857
County Seat	Rolla
Courthouse
Address	Phelps County Courthouse 200 N Main Street FL 1; Rolla, MO 65401 Phone: 573.364.1891 Phelps County Website

County Courthouse

 

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, court and
land records from 1857 and probate records^[1]

History

Parent County

1857--Phelps County was created 13 November 1857 from Crawford, Pulaski and Maries Counties. County seat: Rolla ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of Phelps 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

• Crawford
• Dent
• Gasconade
• Maries
• Pulaski
• Texas

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

• Biographies from The History of Phelps County, Missouri (1889) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Maps

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

• Map of Phelps County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Phelps County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
  
• Map of 1904 Phelps County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

• There is an index for the State Federal Soldiers' Home in St. James, Mo. in Marie Concannon's Index of residents State Federal Soldiers' Home of Missouri, St. James, Missouri, 1899-1946 (FamilySearch) (Worldcat). The home was provided for indigent Union veterans of the Civil War, their wives, widows, and army nurses.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1857-1867 - Phelps County Birth Index 1857-1867. Batch C515591 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1883-1890 - Phelps County Birth Index, Volume 1, 1883-1890. Batches C582499 and C582671 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

• 1857-1867 - Phelps County Marriage Index 1857-1867. Batch M515591 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1867-1885 - Phelps County Marriage Index 1867-1885. Batch M515592 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Deaths

• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
  
• 1883-1890 - Phelps County Death Index, Volume 1, 1883-1890. Batch B514584 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Rolla Missouri Family History Center

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), Phelps County, Missouri. Page 404 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} 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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