Resource & Records

A resource is defined as “a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed”. Resources are “an available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply …” [Definition Source]

A record is defined as “an account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge.” [Definition Source]

Finding a verified source for any piece of ancestry is a genealogist's dream.

Below is a list of the Records and Resources on the prior Sullivan County Missouri home page. Some new entries and updates made to broken links. Plan to continue to expand this section over time to a comprehensive Sullivan County Missouri list.

• Sullivan County Courthouse Records - Birth, death, marriage, probate, land and court records.
• Birth & Death Records - Recorded before 1910; online database.
• Early Sullivan County Marriages
• Early Sullivan County Deaths (1875-1899) - Taken from the Sullivan Standard and Milan Republican.
• Green City Centennial Book - Index (Word) containing 12,858 names/.
• Pollock, Missouri Centennial Book - Index (Word) containing over 3,000 names.
• Sullivan County Obituaries
• Cemetery Transcriptions
• Kent Funeral Home Records for Sullivan County, MO
• Taylor Township Trustees Account Book (1913-1915)
• 1883 Sullivan County Pensioners
• 1850 Census - Images.
  • Free for download:Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000 - a 2002 U.S. Census Bureau publication which breaks down the data gathered for each census, along with a wealth of fascinating reading about the conduct of the censuses themselves.
• Look-up Volunteers
• Sullivan County Message Board - Queries. See Old Queries (1997-99)
• Sullivan County Mailing List
• Sullivan County Newspapers
• Sullivan County Archives
• Sullivan County Historical Society
• Sullivan County Public Library
• Sullivan County Resources from Rootsweb.com
• Sullivan County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Volumes 1-5 - on Ancestry.com
• Sullivan County, Missouri Wills, 1849-1880 - on Ancestry.com
• Sullivan County Informational Site - Sadly, this site has had to be pulled because it has been tagged by search engines as having malicious software that could be installed without your knowledge or permission. Contacting the original owner of the site to see if genealogy/history information can be posted to this site has been unsuccessful.

Researching “Outside the Box”

Sometimes when we are researching and are deep into county materials, we forget that looking outside the box at things that affected those ancestors can open pathways to other pieces of data. And if nothing else, make us aware of things which affected their daily lives.

For example, do any of you have family that lived here or in North Central Missouri between 1900-1909? My parents fit that period as well as my grandparents. So reading this week's Ancestry.com's Learning Center article, A Look At the Decade, 1900-1909 finds the following:

"... heavy rains in the last few weeks of May 1903 brought on historic flooding in the Missouri, Kansas, and lower Republican River Basins. In the aftermath, homes were washed away, along with many bridges, one of which held the water line that supplied Kansas City, Missouri with water."

Now I suspect Sullivan as well as the surrounding counties got hit by this heavy rain too! And what time of year is planting? I'm a farmer's daughter! Yes -- this HAD to impact our families.

Am thinking of creating a Sullivan County Weather Through the Years Page

But still have many pages to update and check first. Just look at what still needs to be done. So what do you think???? Let me know. See that link to the right ... under Contact the Site Coordinator.