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United States Missouri Montgomery County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Montgomery County Courthouse
211 E 3rd Street
Montgomery City, Mo 63361-1956
Phone: 573.564.3357 

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1864,
divorce and court records from 1886; Probate Judge
has probate records from 1890^[1]

History

Parent County

1818--Montgomery County was created 14 December 1818 from St. Charles County. County seat: Montgomery City ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of Montgomery 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

• Audrain
• Callaway
• Gasconade
• Lincoln
• Osage
• Pike
• Warren

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Montgomery County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Montgomery 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 Jefferson City newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that sometimes included residents from Montgomery County communities.
  

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

Marriages

Deaths

• 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), Montgomery 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).