Boone County, Missouri
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Boone County is available for adoption, if interested please e-mail the State coordinator for details.
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History ~ Maps ~ Biographies & Pioneers ~ Lookups & Queries
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History of Boone County [Wiki] Boone County Namesake: Daniel Boone Township Histories The History of Boone County, Missouri Western Historical Company, 1882 Township Histories begin on Page 539 : Biographies at the end of each Chapter Note: There is a lot of interesting information! Biographical index 'Gleanings from the Township Histories' A History of Northeast Missouri Walter Williams 1913 Searchable Index ~ Read or Download Here. There are three Volumes to this Book. ~ The Biographies are in Vol II  Historic Missourians, Towns & Forts, and... George Caleb Bingham ~ Old Settler's Association: 1897 "Gone but not forgotton" ~ Missouri Pioneer Site The Forts of Missouri ~ Historic Missouri Towns Missouri History - Provincial Period ~ Missouri Time Line Native American Tribes in Missouri Missouri Pioneers, County and Genealogical Records; 30 Volumes Created by: Hodges, Nadine ~ Vineyard, John, Mrs. ~ Woodruff, Audrey Lee Wagner, 1913-1996 [Books - FS Catalog - Log In, Search: Use Nadine Hodges ] Here are the Vols for Boone County Vol 2, Boone, Orig Land Pat's, Pgs 17-27 Vol 9, Boone, Patrons Atlas, 1875, Pgs 70-81 Vol 11, Boone, 1821 Tax List, Pgs 51-54  Boone County Neighbors: Randolph ~ Audrain ~ Callaway ~ Cole Moniteau ~ Cooper ~ Howard Search Boone County Resources Interactive Atlas ~ Boone County Plat Maps Boone County Township Map ~ Getty Geographical Thesaurus Bureau of Land Management ~ Geo Communicator Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Scroll Down] USGS Maps for Missouri ~ Missouri State & Regional Maps Historical Maps ~ Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles ~ Surveyor's Base Maps Historic Map Works ~ "Residential Genealogy" Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps And... Google Earth Pro Interested in other Missouri Counties? Here is a map with clickable links If you wish to post Genealogical Queries online, Please use the "io groups site" for Boone County Lookups: So far, I am the only one available for lookups: Kansas City Star [1 Mar 2013 > Current] and Access to the following Subscription Databases [Library Editions] My Heritage ~ Heritage Hub [Newspapers] If you have access to local records and are willing to help out, please send along a note Search for Living People: Zaba Search And RAOGK Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies and [Research Requests] The above list has local resources, web pages and information that may help with research. MO Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections "What's New: Family Search Catalog" March 2025 Boone County Circuit Court Cases 1850 - 1925 These are really interesting Cases: From Delinquent Taxes to Adoptions and Murder!! The Chart Below gives the Film #'s and time Frames, There are Indexes The Early Records are hand written. The images are in Chronological Order  Missouri Cousins LDS Film # 873784 / Book 977.8D2 Author: A Maxim Coppage Published by: Raines Publishing Company 11 W 20th Street, Antioch, Calif., USA ~ September 1969 This little book is chock full of bits and pieces of family information. Use this link for the Boone County Pages Use this link for the Index Access: Download the book using the link above or use the FS Catalog and get the film. War Casualties: LDS Film 4218687 [Missouri] US Navy, Coast Guard & Marines Published in 1946 The infomation: Name, Rank, Street Address & Parents Access: FS Catalog |
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Vital Records ~ Cemeteries &
Mortuaries ~ Obituaries
Family Search Vitals & Other Resources Note: The links to the collections should work, but if they do not, please sign in to search and view. Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935 ~ Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920 Missouri Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976 ~ Missouri Deaths, 1883-1930 Mortality Schedule: 1860 Naturalization & Court Records: 1802 > 1969 Pre 1910: Missouri Birth and Death Records Family Search
Catalog Records: Marriages
>>>New<<< March 2025 Film # 008978278 Item 2 Boone County Marriages "Some Boone county Marriages" Taken from an old Journal of Joseph Kirtley Rogers President of Christian College Columbia, Missouri, 1858-1877 By His Great Neice: Mrs Duke Parry Chapter Chairman of Gen Records Columbia Chapter, Columbia Mo: 1945 Images 112 - 121 The Vitals listed below are all on film, Use the Lists below and then access the FS Catalog to view the records Marriage, 1821-1841 (no index) [913355 / Item 1] Marriage, v. A-B, 1821-1872 [909125] ~ Marriage, 1872-1880 [913354] Marriage, v. 1-3 1881-1891 [913356] ~ Marriage, v. 4-6 1891-1899 [913357] Marriage, v. 7-9 1899-1907 [913358] ~ Marriage, v. 10-11 1907-1912 [913359] Marriage, v. 12-13 1912-1919 [913360] ~ Marriage, Colored 1865-1882 [913355 / Item 2] Missouri Death Records Death Certificates: 1910 - 1971 Online Missouri Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections [Contains Vitals] Remember: Vital Records can be found in Newspapers This is the link for the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project Free Digital Newspapers: Chronicling America ~ Google Archives ~ California Digital Newspapers [There are Articles for MO] Two new Sites: History Hub & Century Past "Missouri Only" - Vital Record Databases, Family Search
Probate Records Court & Probate Records: FS Film Court, Probate, v. 1-2 1872-1875 [909207] Court, Probate, v. 3-4 1875-1879 [909208] Court, Probate, v. 5-6 1879-1886 [909209] More Probate Films : Film # 913361 ~ 1819-1853 The index images are here. The actual records are here. Cemeteries of Boone County >>>New<<< March 2025 Film # 008978278 Item 2 Tombstone Inscriptions from: Mount Pisgah Cemetery [Three Miles North of Sturgeon Missouri] Macedonia Cemetery [Six Miles North of Sturgeon Missouri - Boone County] Copied by Mrs Kirtley Miller Smith Member of Mexico Chapter, Mexico, MO Images 129 - 135 Cemetery Map Interment.net: Rocky Fork Cemetery Hickham Cemetery [Bethel Church] [Book] Find~A~Grave: 193 Cemeteries F-A-G: Born in Missouri, Died in San Luis Obispo County, CA USGW Tombstone Project: Boone County U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847 - 2015 Cemetery records of Boone County, Missouri
Statement of Responsibility:
compiled by Elizabeth
Prather Ellsberry
Authors: Ellsberry,
Elizabeth Prather, 1923- (Main Author)
Publication:
Chillicothe, Missouri : E.P. Ellsberry, 1963- There are 8 volumes that can be found here [FS Catalog] The Cemeteries listed in Ms Ellsberry's Books are listed on the table below.
There are more Cemetery Records that can be found in Family Search "Historical Images" Locations: Everett, Lexington, Missouri Township and Boone County inclusive The various types of Records: Biographies, Cemetery, Church, Contract Lists, Enlistment, Court Records, Land, Plats & Surveys, Deeds, Probate & Estate, Genealogical, JP Marriages, Military Discharges, Tract Books, and Wills Time Frames: 1821 > 1941 ???<><>??? Census Records and Draft Registrations were not indexed. ???<><>??? The following will help you get a handle on information that could be of value to your search for Family data. The chart linked here will be a decent guide. To access the Historical Images, log into your FS Account: Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical Images: You can begin with the search, but if you get lost or cannot figure it all out, then use the chart I have created to access the information. Mortuary Records California, Sacramento, Cemetery Records, 1900-1959 FS Film # 104304412 See FS for Exact Birth & Death Locations / Search using "MO" Clark, Booth & Yardley [Mortuary Cards] Obituaries FS Catalog : Film # 873784 ~ Item 5 Obituaries from the Columbia Daily Tribune, Boone County,Mo., 1959 The obits are typed abstracts. There is no index, but they are arranged in alpha order: Here are the image ranges: A - F, 432-458 ~ G - L, 458-478 ~ M - R, 479-497 ~ S - Z, 498-529 Obituaries: 1998 > 2020 NewsBank: Missouri Newspapers - Index Lookups: Martha In the FS Catalog: Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY 1912 > 2006 - Some Years Missing Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden The Indexes for Each Booklet are Here The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death & Funeral Notices Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers or Download individual booklets from the FS Catalog
Chronicling America has Historic Newspapers for Boone County:
More from Family Search: Catalog
Digital copies of obituaries for people with some connection to Pahrump, Nevada.
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| Military ~ Prison ~
Odds & Ends Military Records & Resources Soldier's Records: War of 1812 Search the National Archives War Records: Archive.org Links below are for records in the FS Catalog Union Soldiers: 1861-1865 Confederate Records 1861-1865 ~ Confederate Pension Applications Civil War: Boone County, MO ~ Civil War: Battles in Missouri DAR Lineage [6 MOCounties]
Miscellaneous Military Records: Chart below - Boone County Men
Soldiers of the Great War [Nice pictures] Military Headstone Applications Douglas, Charles E | Forbis, Richard P | Gilmore, Louis A Military Databases: Family Search
Miscellaneous Boone County Military Information Gleanings from the old Boone County Files Prison Records >>>New<<< March 2025 The Archive.Org Site has a nice collection of Missouri Confederate Prisoner of War Films Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 [microform] Missouri State Penitentiary: 1836 - 1931 [Search] Online Explanation of the Prison & Records FS: Documents & Records - Explanation & Image Charts How to Access the Records on Film LDS Films: Use this link for Film 2406002 Family Search Catalog: Missouri State Archives Court Martial and Military Prison Records Military Prisoners & Court-Marital Records More Prison & Correctional Instutition Databases Prison Record Databases
Odds & Ends Miscellaneous Family Search Catalog Resources Original Land Patents: 1820>1832 Ghost towns of Missouri Missouri Land Records [FS] ~ Missouri Digital Heritage MO Digital Records: Land Grants, etc Columbia City 1911-1912 City Directory Boone County 1921 City Directory Did any of your Family go to Colorado? Here is info on Colorado Divorces: State Wide Filmed Records: Family Search 1900 > 1939 & 1975 > 1992 Information Entered: CO County of Divorce ~ Date & Place of Marriage Number and Names of Minor Children, if any Maiden Name Restored ~ Date of Decree Film Numbers are Here |
"The Fine Print"
Boone County Coordinator:
State Coordinator (SC) : Mel Owings
Asst. State Coordinator (ASC): Martha A C Graham
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Site Updated: 4 March 2025
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