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Bibliography for Research in
Lincoln County, Missouri

Records, Books and Microfilm Relating to Lincoln County and Where to Find Them

Last updated 13 May 2005

If you know of additional books or microfilm that should be added to our bibliography, please let me know so we can make this a valuable resource tool for all Lincoln County genealogy researchers. 

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If you have access to any of these films or books, and are willing to do lookups, let me know so we can add your name to the Lookup Page.  If you can't do lookups, that's okay --  we can still add the resource info to the bibliography page. -- Carl Hampe or Patricia SummersSmith

You may gain access to many of the sources on this page through (1) interlibrary loan; (2) a National Archives regional branch; (3) a local Family History Center; (4) microfilm rental through Heritage Quest or other rental facility.  Be sure to ask your library about availability through interlibrary loan.

 

NOTES

"NARA" refers to National Archives and Records Administration.  Books or records with a NARA microfilm number can be viewed at a National Archives and Records Administration Regional Branch ("NARA") or rented through their rental program. (Link at bottom of page.) They may also be available at larger city libraries or at some genealogical societies. There are other rental agencies through which one may receive microfilms by mail.

Family History Centers.   Books or records with FHL numbers are available through  Family History Centers near you.  To find a Family History Center in your area, call (U.S.) 1-800-346-6044, or check The Family History Centers page.

Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Unless a book has been microfilmed, books do not circulate to Family History Centers and must be viewed at the library in Salt Lake City or located through some other facility.  Sources from the Family History Library Catalog have been added to this bibliography and appear below.  However, you may wish to browse the On-Line Family History Library Catalog available through FamilySearch to see if there are additional listings not posted here.

Missouri State Archives is located in Jefferson City, MO.

Purchase.  As purchase information becomes known and is available to me, it will be included on this page.

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Biographical

Portrait and biographical records of St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren Counties: portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the U.S. (Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co., 1895.) 

 

Cemetery Records

Lincoln County Cemetery Page -- The complete enumerations of some cemeteries are online.  Check this page first to see which cemeteries and records are available online at this site. You can select the specific cemetery and go through all the listings, or you can use the search engine to check the entire site for specific names.
Index of All Cemeteries Enumerated in the  "Gone But Not Forgotten" Volumes.  Check this page if you know the name of the cemetery you want to check, but don't know in which book of the series it's listed.  This index alphabetically lists all cemeteries and their respective volume numbers.
Gone But Not Forgotten.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr.  Series of volumes enumerates all Lincoln County cemeteries.  All volumes in the series are available at following locations:
  • Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
  • Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society, Wichita, KS, P.O. Box 1121, Wichita, KS 67201-1121, phone (316) 264-3611 Tuesday or Saturday 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (Central Time) -- (R-300-76)
    NOTE: The society has all volumes and will do research from material from their shelves for $5.00 an hour.
  • Mid-Continent Public Library, 317 W. 24 Highway, Independence, MO 64050, Phone 816-252-7228, Mon - Thur 9-9, Fri 9-6, Sat 9-5
  • St. Charles County Library System, See the library catalog on-line. (Thanks, Kim Illini!)
Gone But Not Forgotten, Vol. 1.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr.  (50 Lincoln Co. MO Cemeteries -- Allen; Brown; Broyles; Bryant Creek Pioneer; Compton; Cox; Crenshaw; Davis; Davis, Jonathan; Dodson; Downing, Andrew; Downing, Ezekiel; Ellis; Elsberry; Evangelische St. Johinneskibche 1892; Ferry; Foxwell; Gladney; Harmony Grove; Harvey; Hopkins; Howell-Tucker; Hubbard; Kemper; Krieg; Lanier-Robinson; Lost Valley; Luckett; Mayes; McClanahan; McClellan; New Gallile; Palmer; Pleasant Hill (colored); Schroeder; Shelton; Sitton, Henderson Rue; Sitton, Jerome B.; Sled; Smith; Smith; Stallard; Stonebraker; Stout Fort; Taylor; Thompson; Thornhill; Wallace; Watts; Wilson.)
  • Book at State Historical Society of Missouri -  #F508.3 / L638d
  • Book at Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
Gone But Not Forgotten, Vol. 2.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr. (34 Lincoln Co. MO Cemeteries -- Admire; Anson; Argent; Asbury United Methodist Church; Bricker; Brown; Colored; Colored; Duey; Fine; Gilmer; Grimes-Howard; Harvey; Harvey; Highland Prairie; Ligon; Louisville; Mayes; Mayes; McMahill; Nichols; Overall; Pennington; Rybolt; Sanders-Cox; Seaman; Seaton; Sitton; Taylor-Infant Jim; Thompson; Trail; Watts; Wilson Chapel; Wright; Registered Deaths Lincoln Co. Mo; Index to Certificates of Death.)
  • Book at State Historical Society of Missouri -  #F508.3 / L638d
  • Book at Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
Gone But Not Forgotten, Vol. 3.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr.  (34 Lincoln Co. MO Cemeteries) -- Auburn, Auburn Old-Cochran, Bernhard, Bethany, Bray, Clark, Copher, Cox, Douglas, East, Edwards, Elmore, Elmwood, Fairview, Garrett-Jones, Giles, Graue-Linn, Henry-Carter, Howdeshell, Hunter, Hutton, Mashek, McCulloch, Miller, Momphard, Morris Old, New Hope, New Liberty, Old Liberty, Perkins, Slavens, Stephens, St. Mary's, Truxton.
  • Book at Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
Gone But Not Forgotten, Vol. 4.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr. (13 Lincoln Co. MO Cemeteries -- Anderson Hill-Friedens; Bradshaw; Briscoe; Brown; Cannon; Clare; Eversmeier; Harvey; Hawk Point City; Kinion; Morriss-Stewart; Oak Grove; Sacred Heart Troy Cemeteries; Lincoln Co. Mo. Birth Records 1883-1884-1885.)
  • Book at State Historical Society of Missouri - #F508.3 / L638d
  • Book at Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
Gone But Not Forgotten, Vol. 5.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr. (9 Lincoln Co. MO Cemeteries --   Anderson; Bickel; Corinth; New Salem; Star Hope; Verdier; Winfield; Zion; Zoar.)
  • Book at State Historical Society of Missouri - #F508.3 / L638d
  • Book at Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
Gone But Not Forgotten, Vol. 6.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr. (5 Lincoln Co. MO Cemeteries --  Cornerstone; Oak-Ridge; Olney; St. Alphonsus; Sulpher Lick.)
  • Book at State Historical Society of Missouri - #F508.3 / L638d
  • Book at Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
Gone But Not Forgotten, Vol. 7.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr. (19 Lincoln Co. MO Cemeteries -- Colored Cemetery of Louisville; Copenhaver; Davis; Duncan-Kimler; Mill Creek; Moore, Quinten; Morris; Moss; Motley, Sam; Old Alexandria; Palmer; Parsons; Parsons; Parsons; Reid; Schmidt; St. Paul; Watts-Lindsay-McFarland; Williams.)
  • Book at State Historical Society of Missouri - #F508.3 / L638d
  • Book at Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
Gone But Not Forgotten, Vol. 8.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr. (48 Lincoln Co. MO Cemeteries -- Alloway-Whiteside; Bailey; Baird; Baker; Beck; Bohmer; Brown-Jamison; Browning; Broyles; Cannon; Cantriel; Colored; Duff; Dyer; Elsberry City; Elsberry Family; Faulconer; Gilkey; Herndon; Immaculate Conception (Catholic); Jenkins-Shelton-Thurman; Jennings; Keetemann; King; Lanier-Edward; Liles; Linnert; Luckett; Mallan; Marx; Nelson; Owings; Page; Reynolds; Riddle; Ross; Sands; Scott; Sievert; Taylor-Jacog; Thornhill; Thurman; Unfer; Uptegrove; Wade; Watts-Nelson; Whiteside Family; Wright.)
  • Book at Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
Gone But Not Forgotten, Vol. 9.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr. (2 Lincoln Co. MO Cemeteries -- Troy City; Troy E & R.)
  • Book at Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
Gone But Not Forgotten, Surname Index Vol 1-6.  Comp. by Wm. L. Douglas Jr.
  • Book at Joseph R. Palmer Family Memorial Library, Elsberry, MO
Genealogical Records.  Inscriptions transcribed from tombstones in old family burying grounds and in the public cemeteries in St. Charles, Montgomery, Warren, Lincoln and St. Louis counties, Missouri.  Compiled by Mary Johnson McElhiney; edited by Emma Ruckman Porter, Gertrude Pfeiffer Johnson. Edna McElhiney Olson, c1970.
  • Book at Family History Library at Salt Lake City

Funeral Homes

List of Funeral Homes in Lincoln County, Missouri

 

Census Records

The National Archives Records Administration (NARA) census microfilms can be viewed at Regional Branches, and also at many large libraries, and genealogical societies that have purchased the microfilm.  One may also request mail-order paper copies of census schedules, rent the microfilm, or purchase microfilm rolls.  They may also be rented through Heritage Quest or a local Family History Center.

Census Schedules for Lincoln County, Missouri
All census records are available at:
  • Regional Branches of the National Archives across the United States (Washington DC, New York NY, Philadellphia PA, East Point GA, Chicago IL, Kansas City MO, Fort Worth TX, Denver CO, Laguna Niguel CA, San Bruno CA, Seattle WA, Anchorage AK):
    (Individual film #s below) See their NARA site for addresses and phone numbers of regional branches.
  • State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia MO.
  • Mid-Continent Library, Independence KS.
1830 US census (first census available for Lincoln Co. MO)
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #M19, roll no. 72
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #M19-72
1840 US census
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #M04, roll no. 225
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #M704-225
1850 US census, Free Schedules
1850 US census, Slave Schedules 
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #M432, roll no. 423
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #M432-423
1860 US census, Free Schedules
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #M653, roll no. 629
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #M653-629
1860 US census, Slave Schedules
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #M653, roll no. 663
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #M653-663
1870 US census
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #M593, roll no. 788
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #M593-788
1880 US census
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #T9, roll no. 699
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #T9-699
  • Census page images online at USGenWeb Archives, courtesy of S-K Publications and John Schunk.. 
    (These are in the USGenWeb Archives and NOT on our Lincoln County site.  The donation of the 1880 Lincoln County, Missouri, Census images for permanent, free display in the USGenWeb Archives was made possible through the generosity of Lee Elliott and the permission of S-K Publications .)
1880 Soundex for state of Missouri
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #T758, roll nos. 1-114 (114 rolls). Roll number depends on soundex name.
1890 Special schedule enumerating Union veterans and widows of union veterans of the civil war, Lincoln County, Missouri
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #M123, roll no. 29
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #M123-29
1900 US census
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #T623, roll 871
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #T623-871
1900 Soundex for state of Missouri
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm T1055, 1-300 (300 rolls). Roll number depends on soundex name.
1910 US census
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #T624, roll 794
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #T624-794
1910 Soundex/Miracode for state of Missouri
  • NARA Branch, microfilm #T1270, 1-285 (285 rolls). Roll number depends on soundex name.
1920 US census
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #T625, roll 933
  • Film rental thru Heritage Quest microfilm #T625-933
1920 Soundex for state of Missouri
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #M1571, 1-269 (269 rolls). Roll number depends on soundex name.
1850 Federal Census for Lincoln County, Missouri. Book compiled by Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry.
  • Film rental thru Family History Center on FHL microfilm #0873983, item 6
  • Book at St. Louis Genealogical Society library in St. Louis, MO.
1870 Federal Census for Lincoln County, Missouri. Book compiled by Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry.
  • Book at Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence KS.  #929.3 EL59eLc pt. 1 and 929.3 EL59eLc pt. 2.
1880 Federal Census for Lincoln County, Missouri, Union Township.  Copied by Donna Darnell].  Bowling Green, MO : Ram Publishing, [19--?].
  • Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence KS.  #977.837 D251

 

Church Records

The Brothers and the Sisters.  A summary of the journal of the Corinth Christian Church, Lincoln County, Missouri, 1900-1969.  John and Sharon Davies.  Manhattan, Ks: J. & S. Davies, 1990.
  • Book at Family History Library at Salt Lake City.
Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths, Communion and Church Records, 1892-1950.  Evangelical St. John's Congregation (Lincoln County, Missouri).
  • Film rental at Family History Center on FHL microfilm #1547666, item 3.
Church Records 1860-1972, Saint Paul United Church in Christ in Old Monroe. 244 pages.  Index to Baptisms 1858-1972 (names, births baptism, parents, baptized by.  Confirmations from 1865-1972.  Marriages, indexed by male and female, 1860-1972.  Deaths, indexed from 1860-1972. WWII Honor Roll.  Cemetery index (alpha list) with name, birth and death years, whether a stone, grave location by row and grave #.
  • Film rental at Family History Center on FHL microfilm #1765420, item 6.

 

Family Histories

The Life of an Old Time Minister.  By Rev. David Erastus Finley (1883-1974).  Traces the lines FINLEY (from Scotland 1263), WILSON (from 1823) and DRYDEN (beginning in Sommerset County, Maryland in 1688). Also CRUME, TAYLOR and ALEXANDER.

 

 

County and Area Histories

History of Lincoln County, Missouri from the earliest time to the present. Chicago : Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1888
  • Film rental at Family History Center on FHL microfilm #0896566
  • Book at State Historical Society of Missouri -  #F657 / H629 / C3
  • Book at Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence KS - #977.837 H629
  • Reprints available for purchase from:  The Printery, 216 S. Washington St., Clinton, MO 64735-2073, phone: 660-885-6672, $60.83 postpaid May 1999 price.

Below is a list from WorldCat of libraries where this book is located as of May 1999. It is most likely not fully inclusive of all libraries nationwide that have the book.
The Accession Number is the number used for interlibrary loan purposes.
NOTE:  Lender Status of library (interlibrary loan) per Worldcat. (However, experience has shown that these are not always accurate.)
     L - Lender - Will lend some books from collection, but some may be restricted.
     N - Non-lender - Will not lend any books from collection.

Accession Number: 14408374 
Original 1888 printing by Goodspeed

State

 Library Code

Version

 Lender Status

Library Name & Location
Illinois CGU Original L University of Chicago; Chicago IL
Illinois IBV Original N Newberry Library; Chicago IL
Conn. YUS Original L Yale University Library; New Haven CT
DC DHU Original L Howard University; Washington DC
DC LNN Original N Library of Congress; Washington DC
Indiana IMF Original L Allen County Public Library; Fort Wayne IN
Missouri KCP Original L Kansas City Public Library; Kansas City MO
Missouri MO4 Original N Crowder College LRC
Missouri MP5 Original L Polk County Library
Missouri ZAE Original N Saint Louis County Library
New York NYP Original L New York Public Library Res. Libr.; New York NY
New York ZCU Original L Columbia University; New York NY
Ohio OCP Original L Public Library of Cincinnati/Hamilton County
Penn. PHA Original L State Library of Pennsylvania
Texas IFA Original L Fort Worth Public Library; Fort Worth TX
Texas IXA Original L University of Texas at Austin; Austin TX
Texas MCY Original N Midland County Public Library

 

Accession Number: 3363261
1969 reprint by the Printery, Clinton MO
Located in State Library Code Version Lender Status Library Name & Location
Indiana ISL Reprint L Indiana State Library
Missouri CM2 Reprint L Central Methodist College
Missouri CMI Reprint L Mid-Continent Public Library; Independence MO
Missorri CS2 Reprint L Culver-Stockton College Library
Missouri MKN Reprint L Truman State Library
Missouri MOL Reprint L Missouri State Library
Missouri MOS Reprint L Springfield-Greene County Library
Missouri MOU Reprint L Southwest Missouri State Library
Missouri MWS Reprint L Missouri Western State College
Missouri SEM Reprint L Southeast Missouri State University
Missouri SVP Reprint L Saint Louis Public Library; St. Louis MO
Missouri UMK Reprint L University of Missouri, Kansas City; Kansas City MO
Wisconsin WIH Reprint L State Historical Society of Wisconsin; Madison WI

 

Accession Number: 38629186
1969 reprint by the Printery, Clinton MO
State Library Code Version Lender Status

Library Name & Location
Calif. STF Reprint N Stanford University Library


[RETURN TO "INDEX TO HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTY, 1888"]
The Lincoln County Missouri Index.  Vol. 1, containing indexes to bicentennial and centennial publications.  Comp. by George W. Giles, 105 Hickory Drive, Troy, MO 63379, 1990-1991.  (NOTE:  This book is an index of names contained in items #1 thru 8 below.)
#1.  Foley Centennial, 1881-1981.  By Foley Centennial Committee.
#2.  Hawk Point -- A Harvest of Memories.  By Rev. Jim Hall and Don Gordon
#3.  Moscow Mills Memories.  American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976.  
Printed by Troy, Lincoln Co., MO by the Troy Free Press, 1976.
  • Online Excerpts.
  • Book (45 pages) at Family History Library in Salt Lake City, call no.:  977.8 A1 no. 83
  • Film rental through Family History Centers: FHL #982159, item 5
  • Purchase from Lincoln Co. Missouri Genealogical Society
    ($10 at library; $13 mailed)
#4.  People and Places of SE Lincoln County.  By Dorothy McPheeters and Audie Kelly.
#5.  Lincoln County Pictorial History Book.  By Charles R. Williams, John Clare and Robert Jackson, 1976.
#6.  Silex Centennial.
#7.  Truxton and Nostalgia.  By Beulah Femmer.
  • Purchase from Lincoln Co. Missouri Genealogical Society
    ($10 at library; $13 mailed)
#8.  An In-depth Study of Winfield, Missouri.  By Rosemarie Dickherber, 1979.
History of Elsberry, 1673-1955.  By Clarence Cannon.
Missouri Pioneers. Compiled and Published by Miss. Nadine Hodges Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff.  A thirty volume series of extractions of records from various Missouri counties from the 1800's. Volumes were issued from 1967 through March, 1976.  Contains statewide records and county records.

Contains Lincoln County Records in volumes:
Marriage Book A, beginning 1844-1859 (vol. 29)
Will Books A & B, 1825-1865 (vol. 23)
Early Tax List of 1821 (vol. 3)
Patrons for Atlas of 1876 (vol. 15)

  • Online Table of Contents, by county
  • Online Table of Contents, by volume
  • Available at Mount Prospect, Illinois Public Library
  • At least some volumes available at the Family History Center on FHL microfilm (vols.1-2: Film #496,627;  vols. 3-6: Film #496,618;  vol. 7: Film #823,774, item 5).
  • In 1976, was available for purchase for $5.00 each from Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff, 1824 S. Harvard, Independence, Missouri 64052. (1976 prices.)  Unknown if currently available.

 

Court Records

Online List of Court Records at the Missouri State Archives at Jefferson City, MO. 
(Archive microfilm numbers are different from those with FHL #s listed below.)
Court Records, 1819-1886
Original court records at Lincoln County Courthouse in Troy, MO
Film rental thru Family History Center FHL microfilm#s:
Vol. A-C 1819-1851 #0973694
Vol. D-F 1851-1864 #0973695
Vol. G-H 1864-1874 #0973696
Vol. J-L 1874-1883 #0973697
Vol. M 1883-1886 #0973698
Lincoln County, Missouri Courthouse Holdings.  Contains listings of probate records, taxation records, vital records, school records, etc., from Lincoln County courts.
  • 9 pages bound, at Family History Library at Salt Lake City, FHL #977.837 / P23A

NOTE:  As of 1998, the pages at Salt Lake City are mimeographed pages, very light and extremely difficult to read or copy.  Additionally, the list is long out-of-date.

  • 9 pages reproduced from typescript, at Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence KS, #977.837 L638

 

Immigration

German Immigrants to Eastern Missouri (ca. 1818-1858).   Based on records found in St. Charles, Montgomery, Warren, Lincoln, Washington and Gasconade county histories.
  • Film rental thru Family History Center on FHL microfilm #1487561, item 3.

 

Land, Deeds and Maps

1860 Lincoln County Atlas
  • Purchase from Lincoln County Missouri Genealogical Society
    ($12 at library; $15.50 mailed)
An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Lincoln County, Missouri (1878).   Compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by Edward Brothers. Publ. Philadelphia: Edwards Bros., 1878.
  • Book at Family History Library in Salt Lake City
Land Atlas and Plat Book, Lincoln County, Missouri, 1983. Rockford, Ill: Rockford Map Publishers, c1983.
  • Book at Family History Library in Salt Lake City
Government Land Entry Book, Lincoln County, Missouri, 1818-1858.   US General Land Office.
  • Rent thru Family History Center, FHL microfilm #0073693
Deed Records, 1819-1890
Original records in Lincoln County Courthouse, Troy, MO.
Film rental thru Family History Center on FHL microfilm#s:

Index to Deeds, vol. 1

 1819-1855 #0973662

Index to Deeds, vol. 2A-2B

 1855-1870 #0973663

Index to Deeds, vol. 3-5

 1870-1877 #0973664

Index to Deeds, vol. 6

 1877-1890 #0973665

Deed records, vol. B

 1829-1835 #0973666

Deed records, vol. C

 1819-1829 #0973667

Deed records, vol. D

 1835-1839 #0973667

Deed records, vol. E

 1839-1842 #0973668

Deed records, vol. F-G

 1842-1847 #0973669

Deed records, vol. H

 1847-1849 #0973670

Deed records, vol. J

 1849-1851 #0973670

Deed records, vol. K-L

 1851-1855 #0973671

Deed records, vol. M-N

 1855-1858 #0973672

Deed records, vol. O

 1858-1860 #0973673

Deed records, vol. P-Q

 1860-1863 #0973674

Deed records, vol. R-S

 1863-1866 #0973675

Deed records, vol. T-U

 1866-1868 #0973676

Deed records, vol. V-X

 1868-1870 #0973677

Deed records, vol. Y-Z

1870-1872

#0973678

Deed records, vol. 1-2

1867-1875

#0973679

Deed records, vol. 3-4

1872-1874

#0973680

Deed records, vol. 5-6

1874-1878

#0973681

Deed records, vol. 7

1878-1882

#0973682

Deed records, vol. 9

1876-1877

#0973682

Deed records, vol. 10-11

1877-1882

#0973683

Deed records, vol. 13-14

1879-1882

#0973684

Deed records, vol. 17-18

1882-1884

#0973685

Deed records, vol. 20-21

1884-1887

#0973686

Deed records, vol. 22-23

 1884-1890 #0973697
List of Deed Records at the Missouri State Archives at Jefferson City, MO. 
(Archive microfilm numbers are different from those with FHL #s listed above.)

 

Marriage Records

Missouri Marriages to 1850.  By Linda S. Barber Brooks; self-published; 1984; 898 pages. Distributed by Ingmire Publications; $24.95; LCCN: 84-114247.
Covers 36 counties which includes: Adair, Boone, Callaway, Cedar, Clark, Daviess, De Kalb, Franklin, Gasconade, Grundy, Holt, Howard, Jefferson, Knox, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Miller, Monroe, Oregon, Osage, Perry, Pike, Platte, Polk, Randolph, Ripley, Schuyler, Scottland, Scott, St. Charles, Sullivan and Washington.
Lincoln County, Missouri Marriage Records, 1825-1844.   Compiled by Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, 1961.
  • Film rental thru Family History Center, microfilm #0897450, item 3
  • Book at St. Louis Genealogical Society library, St. Louis, MO.
  • Book at Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA.
  • Book at Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, KS. #929.3 EL59Li
Lincoln County Missouri, Marriages.  By Anna Henson.  Bowling Green, MO: Ram Pub., 1991? (vol. 1 1825-1845; vol. 2 1846-1859; vol. 3 1860-c1879; vol. 4. 1879-1887)
  • Books at Family History Library at Salt Lake City
  • All volumes at Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, KS. (#977.837 H398 v. 1, 2, 3, 4)
Minutes, Lincoln County, Missouri Marriages.  (25 May) 1882-(25 Mar) 1903. St. Charles, MO: St. Charles Co. Geneal. Society, c1992.
  • Book at Family History Library at Salt Lake City
  • Book at Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence KS. #977.837 M668
Marriage Records, 1825-1931; Marriage Index, 1860-1907. Lincoln County Circuit Clerk. Original records at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Troy, MO.
Film rental thru Family History Center on FHL microfilm#s:
Marriage Index, vol. 1-5 1860-1907 #0973688
Marriage records, vol. 1-3
Marriage records, vol. 4-6		 1825-1879
1879-1893		 #0973689
Marriage records, vol. 7-9 1893-1909 #0973690
Marriage records, vol. 10-11 1909-1918 #0973691
Marriage Licenses 1882-1931 #0973692, item 1-2
Marriage records (colored) 1865-1901 0973692, item 3
Black Marriage Records, 1865-1881.   County Recorder.
Original at the Lincoln County Historical Society, Troy, MO.
  • Film rental thru Family History Center on FHL microfilm #1547662, item 4.
List of Marriage Records at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City, MO.  (Archive Microfilm numbers are different from those with FHL #s listed above.)
Yearly Marriage License Lists Published in the Troy Free Press.

 

Military Records

1890 Special schedule enumerating Union veterans and widows of union veterans of the civil war, Lincoln County, Missouri
  • Available at NARA Branch, microfilm #M123, roll no. 29
  • Film rental thru Family History Center
Co. "C" Lincoln County MO Militia Rolls -- 1865
  • Purchase from Lincoln County Missouri Genealogical Society  ($3.00)
Confederate Pension Records -- Held by State of Missouri. See NARA's page on Confederate Pension Records -- then scroll down to "Missouri" to read info there. General information.
Civil War Books and Information:

NOTE:  If your ancestor was in the Civil War and you know which regiment . . . and if there is a regimental history published on the unit he was in . . . you may be able to learn more about his military life by reading the history of his unit. 

Check this List of books of Missouri Regimental Histories to see if one has been written and published. 

Confederate Regimental Histories Directory
Union Army Regimental Histories Directory

If your ancestor was Union, you may also want to read about The Enrolled Missouri Militia.

 

Newspapers

Microfilms with newspapers may be obtained thru inter-library loan.

Lincoln County Newspaper Page lists published newspapers, dates and areas covered.

 

Wills, Probate

Will Records, 1825-1916.  Probate Court, Lincoln Co., MO.
Original records at Lincoln County Courthouse, Troy, MO.
Film rental thru Family History Center on FHL microfilm#s:
Will Records, vol. 1-4 1825-1893 #0973699
Will Records, vol. 5-7 1893-1916 #0973700
List of Will & Probate Records at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City, MO.  (Archive microfilm numbers are different from those with FHL #s listed above.)

 

Vital Records

Register of Deaths, vol. 1, 1883-1884.  County Clerk, Lincoln Co. Original records at Lincoln Count Courthouse, Troy, MO
List of Death Records at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City, MO.  (Archive microfilm numbers are different from those with FHL #s listed above.)

 

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Genealogy Page
NARA Genealogy Page with Federal Census Catalog of Microfilm
How to Use NARA's Census Microfilm Catalogs
NARA Microfilm Rental Program
Heritage Quest's Resources on Microfilm and Fiche
Heritage Quest's Microfilm Records for the State of Missouri
Heritage Quest's Microfilm Records for Lincoln County, Missouri

Find a FHC (Family History Center) in your area -- call (U.S.) 1-800-346-6044, or check The Family History Centers page.

Missouri State Archives -- Info here on how to request a copy of the Guide to County and Municipal Records on Microfilm. (NOTE: The microfilm numbers on this page pertain only to NARA or FHC and NOT to Missouri State Record microfilm numbers.)

St. Louis Genealogical Society collection of books on Lincoln County 
St. Louis Genealogical Society, #4 Sunnen Drive, Suite 140, St. Louis, MO 63143-0010 ||
PHONE: (314) 647-8547 or (314) 64-StLGS || FAX: (314) 647-8548 ||
HOURS: 9:00-NOON, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ||
SOCIETY WEB SITE: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostlogs/STINDEX.HTM

St. Louis Genealogical Society Library Collection
Located in the Special Collections Department on Tier 5 of the St. Louis County Library Headquarters:  1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131-3598 || (314) 994-3300 ext. 208 ||
Hours:
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday (Sept 13, 1998 - May 23, 1999)
Closed: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Day, New Years' Eve closing time is 5:00 p.m.

Links to Book Store Web Sites with Genealogy Books

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